{"id":671694,"date":"2026-07-03T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671694\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:20:10","slug":"germany-hold-jurgen-klopp-talks-after-julian-nagelsmann-quits-as-head-coach-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671694\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany hold J\u00fcrgen Klopp talks after Julian Nagelsmann quits as head coach | Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julian Nagelsmann<\/a> has agreed to step down as Germany\u2019s head coach following the team\u2019s disappointing showing at the World Cup, paving the way for J\u00fcrgen Klopp<\/a> to replace the 38-year-old.<\/p>\n

Nagelsmann agreed to leave the post he took over from Hansi Flick<\/a> a little under three years ago following talks with German Football Association (DFB) officials at their headquarters in Frankfurt on Thursday. The DFB said in a statement that Nagelsmann contract, which ran through to the 2028 European Championship, would end with immediate effect and that Klopp \u201chas already indicated his fundamental readiness to take over the position\u201d. Klopp has been working as a pundit for German TV at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe German Football Association expressly thanks Julian Nagelsmann for his work since September 2023,\u201d \u200bDFB president, Bernd \u200bNeuendorf, \u200csaid in \u200ba \u200bstatement. \u201cHe is characterised by a high level \u200bof commitment and extraordinary ambition. Julian Nagelsmann is also an extremely \u2060responsible and sincere person \u200bwhom \u200bwe all value\u201d. DFB sporting director, Rudi V\u00f6ller, added Nagelsmann \u201cis and remains an excellent coach and I am convinced that he will continue to follow his path successfully\u201d.<\/p>\n

Media reports said Nagelsmann had been urged to make a voluntary departure after presenting his explanation for Germany\u2019s last-32 loss to Paraguay <\/a>in Boston on Monday, with Bild reporting that he has been offered a severance package of \u20ac7m, roughly one year\u2019s salary, to cut short his contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision was anything but easy for me,\u201d Nagelsmann said in a statement. \u201cMy top priority has always been the success of the team. After such a bitter disappointment, it deserves the chance of a new beginning. I am sorry and hurt from the bottom of my heart that we disappointed you and couldn\u2019t give you any more football nights at this World Cup<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defeat to Paraguay marked the third successive World Cup failure for Germany<\/a>, having won the tournament for a fourth time in 2014. It was also the first time the Mannschaft had lost on penalties at the finals. Germany also lost to Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 under Nagelsmann.<\/p>\n

Klopp has been out of management since leaving Liverpool at the end of the 2023-24 season, having led the club to Premier League and Champions League glory. He subsequently took on the post of Red Bull\u2019s head of global soccer<\/a>. Sky Germany<\/a> has reported that the 59-year-old, who also previously managed Mainz and Borussia Dortmund to great success, has a verbal agreement which would allow him to leave to take up the Germany job.<\/p>\n

Nagelsmann\u2019s departure has also drawn attention from the German government. \u201cThe chancellor thanks Julian Nagelsmann for his commitment and service in recent years as national team coach,\u201d Friedrich Merz\u2019s spokesperson, Stefan Kornelius, told reporters at a government news conference on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julian Nagelsmann has agreed to step down as Germany\u2019s head coach following the team\u2019s disappointing showing at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-671694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}