Manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that he is in talks to take over the position. german director He said he had “recharged” the energy he had lost when he left Liverpool.
Klopp became the German Football Federation’s preferred candidate on Friday after coach Julian Nagelsmann resigned, four days after Germany lost on penalty To Paraguay world cup Round of 32.
“Julian has resigned and they (the federation) are working on a replacement and approached me in the process of considering that,” Klopp told German broadcaster Magenta TV from New York late Friday as a World Cup commentator.
Klopp was the only manager named in the federation’s statement on the team’s future, which said he had “demonstrated interest” in taking the job.
Klopp said negotiations would take time due to his current contract as head of world football. red bull network of the club.
Klopp has not coached Liverpool since leaving Liverpool in 2024. I’m saying At the time, he was “running out of energy” after eight years at the club, where he won the Premier League and Champions League.
“About two years ago, when I stopped in Liverpool, I said I didn’t have enough energy to do another job or spend another year at Liverpool. Since then, I’ve been more than recharged and ready,” he said.
Germany’s next manager will need to make fundamental changes and will require “intensive consultations” with the federation to agree key points on how to change the team’s fortunes, he said.
This is the third year in a row that Germany has failed to advance to the last 16 of the Men’s World Cup. Germany has not won in a finals tournament since defeating Argentina in the 2014 final.
Klopp said Nagelsmann was a “good manager” and was not to blame for the team’s deeper problems.
“German football is clearly at a turning point right now,” Klopp said. “Right now, we have to radically change things. Ultimately, whether it’s me or anyone else, the fact remains that change is needed.”
Manager Klopp attracted attention as a pundit on German television during the World Cup, and even participated in an interview with Manager Nagelsmann fieldside after the match. Immediately after the defeat against Paraguay, he said he was not considering taking the German job.
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