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BERLIN. — Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Wednesday that he never considered leaving his post after winning the World Cup soccer title and insisted he would see out his contract which runs until Euro 2016. “I didn’t think of stopping for one second,” said Loew (54) in an interview published on the German Football Federation (DFB) website.

Loew took over as German head coach in 2006 after two years as assistant to Jurgen Klinsmann and extended his contract until 2016 before the World Cup in Brazil.

“I didn’t extend my contract with the DFB until 2016 to prematurely break it,” said Loew, who had refused to answer questions about his future after guiding his side’s defeat of Argentina in this month’s World Cup final.

“I simply kept to what we had agreed before the World Cup that we were going to calmly sit down and analyse the tournament as we have done after every tournament,” he explained. — AFP.