FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) 鈥� Germany has hired J眉rgen Klopp to coach its national team, giving the ex-Liverpool manager a daunting task to turn around the fortunes of a squad which failed yet again at the .
Klopp signed a contract to coach Germany through to the 2030 World Cup, the German soccer federation said as he was presented at a news conference Friday.
鈥淭he national team brings us Germans together like almost nothing else can. That’s what makes this task so special for me,鈥� Klopp said.
He replaces Julian Nagelsmann, who after Germany鈥檚 loss to Paraguay meant it failed to reach the last 16 of a men鈥檚 World Cup for the third time in a row.
It is Klopp鈥檚 first coaching job since he left Liverpool in 2024 citing . He he was 鈥渞echarged鈥� in comments while in talks over the Germany job.
The man known for thrilling 鈥渉eavy metal football鈥� at Liverpool, Klopp was Germany鈥檚 preferred candidate as soon as Nagelsmann quit.
Over weeks of talks, the 59-year-old German 鈥� 20 years older than Nagelsmann 鈥� stayed in the United States as a World Cup pundit for a German-language broadcaster.
The federation also held talks with the Red Bull group, where Klopp spent the last year and a half as 鈥渉ead of global soccer鈥� advising its worldwide group of soccer clubs.
Klopp faces a tough introduction to his first national team job with four Nations League games in 11 days against the Netherlands, Greece and Serbia in late September and early October.
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