A lot of training and a lot of work! Thanks to these two factors, former professional footballer Miroslav Klose (45) achieved, among others, numerous titles throughout his career. However, the younger generation has lost this mentality and, with it, so have his children Luan and Noah.

In the “Spielmacher” podcast, Klose first praises his twin sons: “They are developing well, they are going in the right direction, but the unwillingness to act is a crucial problem for the two 19-year-olds.”

“When you hear them talk”: Klose criticizes his own children

“If you hear them talk, these aren't really shoes to fill, because after all I wasn't that good. “That's how my children talk,” Klose told “Spielmacher” host Sebastian Hellmann (56).

The man who is now 45 years old has had a great career. He became world champion with the German national team in 2014, played in four World Cup semi-finals and is the only World Cup record scorer in men's football with 16 goals. At club level he celebrated, among other things, winning the German championship. of the DFB-Cup.

Klose sees poor work ethic among “Generation Z”

When asked if his children lacked a goal to work towards, the former Bayern professional replied: “Yes, that's Generation Z. He himself had to work hard to achieve success.” Klose believes that this confirms the prejudices of which Generation Z has long been accused: “That is, I say, doing little and making a lot of money.”

Last month, the most comprehensive German trend study, “Youth in Germany,” was published, which examines the lives of young people in Germany. 70 percent of adolescents and young people between 14 and 29 years old said they enjoyed working, but on their own conditions.

The generation is “of course a little more difficult now.” Klose also emphasized that his children “are in the middle of this, they were born in 2005, and right now things are absolutely going in that direction. But at some point, I always say, the alarm goes off and then you wake up and come to reality.”