Julian Nagelsmann has walked away from the Germany job, and the German Football Association has moved quickly to make it clear who they really want sitting in that dugout. They want a chat with Jurgen Klopp, and honestly, who can blame them.
Nagelsmann had done a decent enough job steadying the ship after a pretty turbulent few years for German football, but something clearly was not working behind the scenes. Resignations at international level rarely come out of nowhere, and this one will no doubt have a few more layers to it once the full story emerges. For now though, Germany are without a coach and their biggest tournament in recent memory, the 2026 World Cup, is not too far away on the horizon.
Enter Klopp. The man who turned Liverpool from a sleeping giant into a trophy-hoovering machine, who won the Premier League, the Champions League, and did it all while making everyone fall in love with his brand of football. He has been taking a break since leaving Anfield in the summer, which felt like the right call after giving absolutely everything to that Liverpool project. But a rest can only last so long when your home country comes knocking.
The interesting thing here is whether Klopp actually wants it. Managing a national team is a completely different beast to club management. You get your players in short bursts, you cannot drill the same things day after day, and you are working with a squad rather than a team you have built yourself from scratch. Klopp thrives on that daily connection with his players, so it is a fair question whether the international setup suits his style.
That said, Germany is not just any national team job. It is his country. There would be something genuinely special about seeing Klopp lead Germany into a World Cup on home soil, and the Germans clearly feel the same way given how fast they have moved to get him on the phone.
Whether he says yes remains to be seen, but this is one of the most interesting stories in international football right now. Let me know your thoughts.