Klopp 'unavailable' for 'interesting' German national team job, says agent

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp || Image credit: Imago

FOOTBALL Klopp 'unavailable' for 'interesting' German national team job, says agent

Mark Kinyanjui 20:30 - 13.09.2023

The Germany job became available when Hansi Flick was sacked on Sunday following a humiliating 4-1 home defeat to Japan, and Klopp has been long been pursued by the side.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is 'not available' for the vacant Germany head coach job according to his agent.

Marc Kosicke, the agent, told Sky Germany that the Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund  legend would be honoring his contract with the 19-time English Premier League champions , which expires in June 2026. 

The Germany job became available when Hansi Flick was sacked on Sunday following a humiliating 4-1 home defeat to Japan. 

“Jürgen has a long-term contract with Liverpool and is not available for the national coaching position," Kosicke said.

The national team has reportedly also lined up Julian Nagelsmann, Matthias Sammer, and Oliver Glasner for the job.  

He has expressed interest in the role in the past and fans have long thought that managing his country would be the perfect way to follow his work at Liverpool.

“The job of national coach is and would be a great honour - there's no question about that. The problem that stands in the way of the whole thing is my loyalty,” Klopp told Sky Germany in July.

“Basically, it's an interesting job. But I don't know yet whether I'll do something completely different after I leave Liverpool. I want to keep my options open.”

The German national team has struggled for clarity and competence for some time, both on and off the pitch.

They were eliminated from the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the group stages - a fary cry from when they won under Joachim Low in 2014. 

Amazon's All or nothing documentary on their debacle in Qatar exposed Flick and the team's inability to properly connect with each other.

In one tactical meeting, Flick turns to his coaching staff and players and says: “This isn't the team I imagined, honestly.”

Players looked disinterested in one snippet as he tried to motivate them by showing them clips of geese working together to become stronger. 

However, under interim head coach and legendary striker Rudi Voller, they beat France 2-1 on Tuesday evening. 

Voller has already ruled himelf out of contention for the job.