Jürgen Klopp is to return to the dugout after being appointed head coach of the Germany men’s national side until 2030. The 59-year-old takes over from Julian Nagelsmann in the job after Germany’s humbling last-32 exit to Paraguay at the World Cup, The Guardian reports.
Klopp has been away from frontline management since leaving Liverpool at the end of the 2023-24 season, when he cited fatigue as his principal reason for stepping away after a hugely successful nine-season spell in charge which saw him win both the Premier League and Champions League.
Klopp was made Red Bull’s head of global soccer in October 2024, working in the background for the multiclub organisation. He worked as a pundit for German TV during the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.
“We’re very happy to be able to present Jürgen Klopp today as the new coach,” the German Football Association (DFB) president, Bernd Neuendorf, told a press conference in Frankfurt on Friday morning.
“The national team brings us Germans together like almost nothing else can. That’s what makes this task so special for me,” Klopp said.
His first game in charge of the four-time World Cup winners will come away to bitter rivals the Netherlands on 24 September in the Nations League. Klopp’s side will also face Greece and Serbia in group A2 before preparing for their Euro 2028 qualifying campaign. His contract will run until the end of the 2030 World Cup in Morocco, Portugal and Spain.
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