He could ask to be released from the two year extension, leaving him free to leave next summer. I doubt if the club would stand in his way if he said that he wanted to return to Germany to take the NT job.
As for the Saudi league, I doubt if anyone playing there now is going to leave until they’ve wrung every last riyal out of their contracts. and that would be at least two years from now.
He could but doesn’t really feel like Klopp would, it’s evidently he wants to build something here I doubt he walks away to take a job I’m not sure he would take and one that seems to be up every 2 years anyhow.
A year in Saudi Arabia league might do some players at those wages. It’s not like they would be coming back to Europe to play for pennies bar the past it ones.
The pessimism on here is sometimes rather annoying, I was a pessimist before I joined here, I now appear I’m not.
I honestly can’t see Klopp doing international football management. It’s not how he works and the job is almost part-time.
Just as with Salah, just because someone wants him doesn’t mean that they are interested.
Part time might be what he’d be looking for after having worked day in day out non stop for the best part of 25 years, only a 3 month break one summer.
I also don’t believe International football would suit his way of managing having been so publicly critical of internationals……that is with the exception of Germany.
Nothing lasts forever.
Yes, I am feeling a bit of a misery guts today.
It won’t end with Jürgen abandoning us at the start of a season of rebuilding.
He’s got way too much class for that.
Personally think Klopp will likely be Nationaltrainer one day. Just not now.
As a sort of semi-retirement, possibly.
I wasn’t suggesting that he might consider it now, but maybe after this season if an interim manager like Rangnick is appointed in the short term.
Nagelsmann is free I think ?
Wouldn’t be fair for either club or the national team but Klopp can be a hands/off coach during the regular time and then be given the task of managing etc during tournaments.
Hands/off in the sense to do remote management w.r.t selection / probably oversee national team training sessions with the help of other trusted coaches etc. And take charge in the leadup to the tournament.
Currently not working, but technically still on the books at Munich, so anyone wanting him would need to pay Bayern compensation, and reports from earlier today the German FA still owe them money for taking Flick, so seems unlikely that they would get him without stumping up a huge sum which doesn’t seem likely as they look to be financially fairly weak
Today’s statement from Klopp’s agent. As expected, Klopp is not available atm.
I was wondering if any of our German posters see this situation with the Mannschaft as deeper than just the manager. A few years ago I read an article about how Germany had invested in pitches and youth development and that’s why they had come to this sustained level of excellence in the last two decades. Was Flick just the wrong guy or is there more to the story?
Nothing to do with the manager. Players just not good enough.
Beating France so appoint whoever this guy is.
Don’t tell me you’ve never heard of Rudi Völler
Oh I have I just hadn’t the level of care to look who was managing them tonight.
Only just put it on now. Was watching Italy.