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Jürgen Klopp will be present when Argentina and Spain contest the World Cup final later on Sunday and there will be hopes that he is the right man to lead Germany back to such heights again in the future.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool coach is the designated new national team coach in succession Julian Nagelsmann who resigned after Germany's third straight flop on the global stage in the form of a last 32 exit against Paraguay.
Klopp appointment expected next week
That defeat now dates back almost three weeks, and after various rounds of talks it is now widely believed that the German Football Federation (DFB) will announce Klopp's appointment until 2030 and have the official presentation on Thursday or Friday.
Klopp is still at the tournament in his capacity of MagentaTV pundit but it remains to be seen whether he will give an update on Sunday around their broadcast of the final.
Talks have been held
A recent Instagram post in which Klopp came to the defence of England coach Thomas Tuchel raised speculation that he had travelled to Germany, after first meeting with DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and his deputy Hans-Joachim Watzke, with whom Klopp has a Dortmund history, more than a week ago in New York.
A agreement in principle was reached and Neuendorf and Watzke have also met with CEO Oliver Mintzlaff from Red Bull, where Klopp has a contract as Head of Global Soccer until 2029. Klopp and Mintzlaff are said to have also met by now.
It is believed that the past days have been used for fine-tuning and the contract must eventually be approved by the relevant DFB bodies which have been briefed by Neuendorf.
Big challenge
Klopp's appointment is expected to be received very positive, although fans have also criticised him for going to Red Bull, and positive news is what German football needs.
Klopp said in general terms shortly after Germany's exit that "a lot is at stake" for a new coach who will have "a lot of work" ahead - effectively knowing that he faces arguably the biggest challenge of his career.
What Klinsmann and Lahm say
According to one of his predecessors, Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany are right now "absolutely mediocre, completely lost somewhere" and that "we have to be ashamed of ourselves" as "a great deal has been done wrong."
"They were too soft, they weren't capable to suffer and weren't ruthless enough to generate respect," Klinsmann said of the German World Cup team and named Argentina as a role model how things should be done with virtues Germany also possessed in the past.
Klinsmann believes that Klopp is the right man to turn matters around because "he’s the kind of person who can launch such a new beginning, because he has the energy and the positive attitude to bring other people on board."
Philipp Lahm, who captained Germany to the last World Cup title in 2014, said that "clarity and order" are needed, experiments with players in unfamiliar roles must end and everyone must have an eye on global football developments to get the team back on track.
“We have been falling behind for 10 years because we are not adapting to current developments. Instead, we keep pursuing our own special paths, most recently with the comeback of man-marking in the Bundesliga. If we continue doing this, we will continue to fail," Lahm said.
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The former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool coach is the designated new national team coach in succession Julian Nagelsmann who resigned after Germany's third straight flop on the global stage in the form of a last 32 exit against Paraguay.
Klopp appointment expected next week
That defeat now dates back almost three weeks, and after various rounds of talks it is now widely believed that the German Football Federation (DFB) will announce Klopp's appointment until 2030 and have the official presentation on Thursday or Friday.
Klopp is still at the tournament in his capacity of MagentaTV pundit but it remains to be seen whether he will give an update on Sunday around their broadcast of the final.
Talks have been held
A recent Instagram post in which Klopp came to the defence of England coach Thomas Tuchel raised speculation that he had travelled to Germany, after first meeting with DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and his deputy Hans-Joachim Watzke, with whom Klopp has a Dortmund history, more than a week ago in New York.
A agreement in principle was reached and Neuendorf and Watzke have also met with CEO Oliver Mintzlaff from Red Bull, where Klopp has a contract as Head of Global Soccer until 2029. Klopp and Mintzlaff are said to have also met by now.
It is believed that the past days have been used for fine-tuning and the contract must eventually be approved by the relevant DFB bodies which have been briefed by Neuendorf.
Big challenge
Klopp's appointment is expected to be received very positive, although fans have also criticised him for going to Red Bull, and positive news is what German football needs.
Klopp said in general terms shortly after Germany's exit that "a lot is at stake" for a new coach who will have "a lot of work" ahead - effectively knowing that he faces arguably the biggest challenge of his career.
What Klinsmann and Lahm say
According to one of his predecessors, Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany are right now "absolutely mediocre, completely lost somewhere" and that "we have to be ashamed of ourselves" as "a great deal has been done wrong."
"They were too soft, they weren't capable to suffer and weren't ruthless enough to generate respect," Klinsmann said of the German World Cup team and named Argentina as a role model how things should be done with virtues Germany also possessed in the past.
Klinsmann believes that Klopp is the right man to turn matters around because "he’s the kind of person who can launch such a new beginning, because he has the energy and the positive attitude to bring other people on board."
Philipp Lahm, who captained Germany to the last World Cup title in 2014, said that "clarity and order" are needed, experiments with players in unfamiliar roles must end and everyone must have an eye on global football developments to get the team back on track.
“We have been falling behind for 10 years because we are not adapting to current developments. Instead, we keep pursuing our own special paths, most recently with the comeback of man-marking in the Bundesliga. If we continue doing this, we will continue to fail," Lahm said.
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