Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Juergen Klopp has confirmed he is in talks with the German Football Federation to become national team coach in place of Julian Nagelsmann.
Klopp said on MagentaTV the matter will take time and “it will have to be intensive talks because the problems we have at the moment are not linked to the person Julian Nagelsmann.”
The DFB said earlier on Friday that Nagelsmann was stepping down after almost three years on the job after Germany’s World Cup last 32 defeat on penalties against Paraguay.
Former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool coach Klopp has been considered a top candidate for the Germany job before. He is currently head of global soccer at Red Bull and out of coaching since his Liverpool departure in the summer of 2024.
“I am more then recharged now, so I am ready,” he said.
Klopp praised Nagelsmann as an “extraordinary coach” and said the situation would be very different had Germany not lost against Paraguay.
“But now things are as they are. Julian has resigned, and the DFB is looking to appoint a successor; as part of their deliberations, they approached me,” he said.
He said he has talked to his boss at Red Bull, Oliver Mintzlaff, and a solution must be found. Klopp has a Red Bull contract until 2029.
“Ideally, in the end there are only winners following a situation like this; you simply say, ‘OK, Red Bull must be able to come out of this with its reputation intact’,” Klopp said.
