DFB: Klopp has a favorite for Löw’s successor: “That would have been my first solution.”

Update on March 11 at 10.14 am: Jürgen Klopp as Jogi Löw’s successor, that would be the ideal solution for many German fans. The Liverpool manager once again stressed that he is not available. Before the 2-0 Champions League win over Leipzig, he said on Sky: “It’s very nice to be called. But it’s also awkward when you always have to cancel. I can not. The situation is perfectly clear: they really shouldn’t ask me, I still have a contract. Now why should I say, ‘I’m no longer interested in Liverpool’. What we’ve had with the guys in recent years is not going so well right now. This is a good time to get away and practice a little bit of Germany every two weeks. ‘

But Klopp had one more piece of advice: “Ralf Rangnick would be good for the DFB too. That would have been my first solution, you might ask. At the moment he still has time ”. Rangnick himself was in the Sky studio at the time; He didn’t want to rule out a possible compromise.

Germany looking for national coach: Jürgen Klopp not available

First report on March 10 at 6.15 pm: Liverpool – This opportunity comes very rarely in a coaching career: Become Germany’s national coach! Jogi Löw will have held the position for 15 years after his resignation after the European Championship. The DFB door will open again in summer. Which top coach is taking it? Millions of fans love the charismatic Jürgen Klopp.

Jürgen Klopp rejects the position of national coach, why really?

“First of all, it is an honor that you asked me. But I say: No, I have a contract. Even if Liverpool fires me now, I will definitely take a year off, “said Jürgen Klopp on Sky. The Liverpool FC manager is in deep crisis with his club, only the Champions League title is still in this season. Therefore, Klopp wants to cut the discussion about him as a possible successor to Löw so as not to cause unnecessary disturbances among the Reds.

In fact, everything speaks for the Black Forest. Klopp has done it all in England in over five years. Following the premier class title in 2019, he returned the championship title to Liverpool in preseason after 30 long years. This year there are many parallels with his last season in Dortmund. After many years at BVB, things did not go according to plan. But after Klopp’s announced resignation at the end of the season, Borussia suddenly played as a released. This scenario can no longer be ruled out in Liverpool. After his departure from Dortmund, Klopp was hired just a few weeks later at Liverpool and given up a year off for this opportunity.

Klopp as Löw’s successor, the last chance in the summer?

“Now a new coach will come, and if 2022 and 2024 are successful, then no rooster will crow behind me,” Klopp said of Löw’s resignation. Klopp has always emphasized that one day he would like to become a national coach, but now is not the time. TO picture-Information, rejects the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but is attracted to Euro 2024 in his own country. Klopp leads Germany to the title at home: this idea should make the hearts of millions of fans beat faster.

Löw’s surprising resignation this summer is likely to influence Klopp’s career plan. A rethinking is not ruled out. The DFB can also rely on an interim solution with current U21 coach Stefan Kuntz before Klopp takes over from 2023. Klopp has often emphasized in the past that he does not want to keep the job. coach forever. “It’s very, very unlikely that I’m still sitting on the coach’s bench in the mid-60s. Instead, sitting in good health on another bench is more of the goal,” said the 53-year-old. Perhaps Klopp had his last chance to become a national coach in the summer. (ck)

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