Klopp reuniting his old Dortmund guard… this will be fun!
Merte never played for Dortmund 
Per Mertesacker has did played in Germany only for Hannover 96 and Werder, not for Borussia Dortmund.
Klopp will be presented as the new Germany head coach tomorrow with a contract until after the 2030 World Cup.
Instead of having to pay a compensation fee for releasing him from his contract at Red Bull the German Football Association will make €1m donation to the Red Bull Foundation ‘Wings for Life’. 100 percent of the donation go directly to medical spinal cord research.
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This is a pretty good video that accurately reflects the press conference.
The gang is back together.
Anyway , just found my team to support for the next euros/world cup.
Hold on, wasn’t it Bender we were talking about? I must have mixed up something there.
A sympathizer of fan of Manchester United doing bash Jurgen in “voetbalzone”.
10 young players who could be called up by Klopp in September.
Philipp Treu (25, right-back, Freiburg)
We have a problem with the right-back position. Although Klopp left open whether captain Joshua Kimmich (31) will play there again as at the Euro 2024 and World Cup 2026, it is actually clear to everyone that Kimmich belongs in the center as with Bayern. Philipp Treu convinced in his first season at SC Freiburg in this position and moved with the SC to the final of the Europa League.
Finn Jeltsch (20, central defender, Stuttgart)
Finn Jeltsch has recently attracted a lot of attention. In 2025, the central defender of VfB Stuttgart received the Fritz Walter Medal in gold (U19 category). With this, he lined up with a number of prominent prize winners. 2022 Florian Wirtz (22/Liverpool, then Leverkusen) or 2018 Kai Havertz (26/Arsenal, then Leverkusen). In 2023 the defender won both the U17 European and World Championships with Germany, followed by the DFB Cup with VfB in the summer of 2025.
Finn Jeltsch (20) is already U17 European and World Champion
Klopp on the U17 team from that time: "We have become world and European champions at the U17. They should be 20 now. Now, with a driver’s license, we can use them.” In addition to Assan Ouedraogo (20, belonged to the World Cup squad), Jeltsch is the former U17 player of 2023, who has achieved the biggest breakthrough so far.
Karim Coulibaly (19, central defender, Bremen)
In the medium and long term, experts in the association trust Karim Coulibaly from Werder Bremen to jump into the national team. It remains to be seen whether the left foot changes this summer and if so, where. Werder would like to have up to 40 million euros for the central defender. However, the association has registered that the sum cannot be achieved.
Tom Bischof (21, Central Midfield, Bayern)
Current captain of the U21 national team. Played 39 games in his first season at FC Bayern and was already a candidate for the World Cup squad for some experts. Had to help a lot during his first year as a full-back. Now that Leon Goretzka has left Bayern, Bischof will probably come to more missions at the headquarters.
In the U21 national team, Tom Bischof (21) is on the field as captain
Rocco Reitz (24, Central Midfield, Leipzig)
In Gladbach, new signing Rocco Reitz (24) was captain and midfield boss. Now he wants to lead with the Champions League club Leipzig. Klopp had involved his transfer to Leipzig, which had already been announced in March, in his function as “Head of Global Soccer”. Klopp and the sporting leadership in Leipzig appreciate Reitz’s enormous running strength, his sprinting and his duel strength.
Kennet Eichhorn (16, Central Midfield, Leverkusen)
The German prodigy! Top clubs such as Bayern, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Leipzig, Stuttgart and Frankfurt were after Hertha’s prodigy Kenneth Eichhorn (16). Even Manchester City and Liverpool made an effort. He moved to Leverkusen for 9 million euros. Never before has more been paid in the Bundesliga for a German 16-year-old. Now he is facing his first Bundesliga season. If he hits there as with his home club Hertha (17 appearances, 14 x starting eleven), it should not be long before Klopp nominates him.
Said El Mala (19, left winger, Cologne)
Said El Mala (19) is one of the greatest offensive talents in German football. Nagelsmann had nominated El Mala for the DFB eleven for the first time last November, but then sent him back to the FC and into the Bundesliga second round without an international match, but with concrete “homework”. El Mala then really turned on, saved Cologne with 13 goals in the end of the class, was an undisputed regular player and had high hopes for a World Cup ticket. When nominating his 26-man squad for the World Cup, however, Nagelsmann dispensed with El Mala and had to take a lot of criticism for it. If El Mala can build on from the last season, he should be part of the DFB squad again.
Under Julian Nagelsmann, Said El Mala (19) remained without a national team, under Jürgen Klopp this could change
Brajan Gruda (22, Offensive Midfield, Leipzig)
Brajan Gruda (22) has been traded as a future national player for years. So far, however, it was only sufficient for operations in the U21. Good for Gruda: RB Leipzig borrows the creative player for another season from the English club Brighton & Hove Albion, with which he still has a contract until 2028. Klopp’s contacts in the RB universe should provide him with regular updates on Gruda’s development.
Dzenan Pejcinovic (21, striker, Wolfsburg)
Dzenan Pejcinovic (21) convinced last season with twelve goals in 34 games for VfL Wolfsburg. The interest of VfB Stuttgart, which according to BILD information has made an offer of around 20 million euros, testifies to its quality. However, the national team needs regular assignments - it is questionable whether he would get them at VfB.
Nicolo Tresoldi (21, striker, Bruges)
Nicolo Tresoldi (21) has passed through the youth teams of the DFB and has developed excellently in Belgium at FC Brugge last year. At the end of this season, he scored 23 goals and nine assists in 58 games. The striker works a lot against the ball, runs consistently and often looks for the conclusion. Exactly this mentality fits Klopp’s football, which is why Tresoldi can be traded as a surprise candidate for the first nominations.
Hughes be like
The Missus just randomly called out from the bathroom “I’m so glad Jürgen Klopp is the trainer of Germany”
That’s my girl!
Doubt he´d want to leave Bayern but I wouldn´t mind Bischof here.
Moves the ball around very well in midfield.
In Germany do start the 2026-27 season in professional football on 7 August 2026 with the 3. Liga and the 2. Bundesliga.