Joachim Löw has agreed to extend his contract as Germany’s manager until 2022.

Löw, whose deal runs out in 2020, has been in charge for 12 years and in 2014 led Germany to their fourth World Cup victory. He has also been linked with the manager’s position at Arsenal following Arsène Wenger’s departure after 22 years at the club.

“This is a big responsibility to continue developing players,” said the 58-year-old. “To work with the best players in Germany, then develop them and to make them better, to form a team that sets the highest goals, this is what drives and still gives me joy.”

Löw has been in charge for 160 matches, winning 106, more than any other Germany manager. He started out as the assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann after only limited coaching experience in club football.

Löw has named his preliminary World Cup squad and has found a place for Manuel Neuer, despite the Bayern Munich goalkeeper having not played since suffering a hairline fracture in his left foot in September.

Marco Reus was also selected but his Borussia Dortmund team-mate Mario Götze, who scored Germany’s winner in the 2014 World Cup final, has been left out.

“It wasn’t his best season,” said Löw of the 25-year-old. “He wasn’t able to show his incredible quality. Personally, I’m very sorry for him.”