Jurgen Klopp will make his return to management for the first time since leaving Liverpool as the new head coach of the Germany national team, it has been confirmed.
Klopp has been appointed in the aftermath of Germany’s disappointing World Cup campaign, which saw them exit at the last-32 stage following a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay.
Given the manner of their exit, former coach Julian Nagelsmann was asked to resign by the German football association DFB who then pursued talks with Klopp to become the next head coach.
The DFB announced that Klopp had reached “an agreement on the key points” of a deal to take over the national team on Saturday 11 July, following talks in New York, with a contract up to the 2030 World Cup now signed.
Klopp managed Liverpool for nine years taking charge in October 2015 before departing at the end of the 2024 season having won both the Premier League and Champions League with the Reds.
His most recent role was as Red Bull’s Head of Global Soccer, a position he held since January 2025, overseeing Red Bull’s network of clubs—including RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg, and the New York Red Bulls.
Most recently he has been working as a pundit during the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada and created headlines by suggesting that Deniz Undav should start ahead of Jamal Musiala and then saying that “Julian Nagelsmann is still picking the team – for now.”
Klopp was called out over the “for now” comment by former German players and apologised saying he felt like “punching himself in the face”.
Following these incidents and ahead of Nagelsmann’s resignation, the 59-year-old played coy about the prospect of replacing him by saying: “I understand that when the national coach position is discussed, my name is mentioned in some form but it’s not the moment to really talk about it.”
Klopp’s national team ambitions are well known and his contract with Red Bull included a special exit clause designed specifically so that he could take on the Germany job should it become available.
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