Klopp was unveiled as Germany\u2019s new head coach on Friday after the German Football Association (DFB) sacked Julian Nagelsmann following the country\u2019s shock 2026 FIFA World Cup Round-of-32 exit.<\/a><\/p>\nEx-Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool coach Klopp, who had been Red Bull\u2019s global head of soccer, was the DFB\u2019s first choice to lead the four-time world champions.<\/p>\n
However, the 59-year-old had a stern warning at his introductory press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m taking this job even though I\u2019ve seen how you treated Nagelsmann,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI\u2019m taking this job even though I\u2019ve seen how you\u2019ve treated, in England, Thomas Tuchel. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe day you don\u2019t want me any more, I\u2019m gone, without any severance pay. If you say tomorrow: \u2018He\u2019s shit,\u2019 tell me to my face and I\u2019m out. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you behave badly and don\u2019t leave my family in peace, I\u2019m gone, I\u2019ll just turn away.<\/p>\n
\u201cCriticise me if something doesn\u2019t work. J\u00fcrgen Klopp is not going to have any career after the national team. This is the pinnacle of my career as a coach. I will give it everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp left Premier League giants Liverpool at the end of 2023-24.<\/p>\n
He won the Premier League and UEFA Champions League during his successful spell at Anfield, while he won two Bundesliga trophies and reached the Champions League final in his time with Dortmund.<\/p>\n
Klopp will now lead Germany into the Nations League, qualifying for Euro 2028 in the British Isles and qualifiers for the 2030 World Cup. His contract will begin on August 15.<\/p>\n
His first match in charge will be against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on September 24 in Germany\u2019s opening Nations League fixture.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to create a situation where fans go home after the game and say: \u2018Wow, that was cool,\u2019\u201d Klopp said. \u201cI want people to say: \u2018Wow, it was worth putting the TV on for 90 minutes to see Germany play.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve lived and experienced how football can change a city. And I think it\u2019s not only about cities, it\u2019s also about the country. Ideally, football can change a country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp started his Germany tenure by threatening to quit if the media invades his family privacy as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,5717,42099,85],"class_list":["post-821871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-germany","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}