Jurgen Klopp was appointed as the new head coach of the German national football team on Friday, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann who resigned after a disappointing campaign at the 2026 North America World Cup.

Bernd Neuendorf, president of the German Football Association, said in a press conference in Frankfurt: 'We are very pleased to be able to present Jurgen Klopp as the new coach today.'

Neuendorf explained that Klopp's contract will run until 'the summer of 2030, i.e., the date of the next World Cup in Morocco, Spain and Portugal,' noting that the contract will take effect on August 15.

Klopp said: 'It is the perfect culmination of my professional career, my life, my working life. I will put all my energy into serving this mission.'

He also warned that he would leave his post if the press attacked him in the future, saying: 'If you say tomorrow (he is very bad), I will leave.'

Nagelsmann had resigned four days after elimination by Paraguay in the round of 32 of the World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Nagelsmann (38 years old) had held the position since September 2023, but after the round of 32 exit from the World Cup, the German Association met with him for three hours to discuss the new failure.

Klopp, who had been under contract since the beginning of 2025 until the end of 2029 with Red Bull as Global Head of Soccer, publicly expressed his desire to take on the task.

The green light came from Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO of Red Bull, who held a meeting with the German Football Association officials after they reached a preliminary agreement with the coach.

Neuendorf confirmed that Klopp was released from his contract without a transfer fee, in exchange for a donation of only one million euros to the Red Bull-affiliated 'Wings for Life' foundation, dedicated to spinal cord injury research.

Germany struggled in the last three editions of the World Cup, exiting in the group stage in 2018 and 2022.

Since its loss to France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016, Germany has not reached the last four of any major tournament, an unprecedented decade-long drought for a team that has also been European champions three times (1972, 1980, and 1996).

Klopp previously had successful coaching stints with Mainz and Borussia Dortmund, before taking charge of Liverpool in England, where he led them to the Premier League title in 2020, ending a 30-year drought, a year after winning the Champions League.

In January 2024, he announced he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season, after nine years with the team since his arrival in the fall of 2015. Since January 1, 2025, he has held the position of Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull, overseeing the clubs affiliated with the Austrian company."); googletag.cmd.push(function() { onDvtagReady(function () { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-3341368-4'); }); }); }