Jurgen Klopp is highly likely to be the German FA’s choice to replace Hansi Flick, should he be sacked as national team manager.
Flick has been coming under pressure recently, as Germany prepares to host Euro 2024 next summer. A 2-0 loss against Luis Diaz’s Colombia earlier this week appears to have been the final straw for many.
National publication Bild have already begun a campaign to install Klopp as soon as possible.
And according to The Athletic, the Reds boss would indeed be the number one choice. They claim that there’s ‘little doubt’ that Klopp’s former Borussia Dortmund colleague, vice-president Hans-Joachim Watzke, would love to see him manage Die Mannschaft.
It’s claimed that the Germans will ‘cling to hope’ that the emotional pull of a Euros on home soil could be enough to tempt Jurgen. Thankfully though, the 56-year-old is reportedly fully focused on Liverpool and energised to bounce back from a poor season.
Germany desperate for Klopp
We might have to start to get used to these rumours. With Joachim Low at the helm for Germany for 15 years from 2006 to 2021, this hadn’t previously been a worry for Liverpool.
There was never any real prospect of Low leaving and the Germans were generally in great nick. Klopp was obviously admired but never needed.
That changed two years ago, when Jurgen publicly distanced himself from the vacant job. Flick eventually took over but has had a disastrous spell at the helm. A second consecutive World Cup Group Stage exit was understandably seen as a catastrophic failure.
Heading into a home Euros, Germany arguably haven’t been in worse shape since Low first took over in 2006. Where they once had a galaxy of stars to choose from, they now have a pool of players who aren’t household names outside of their nation.
If there’s one man who can get a tune out of all that though, it’s Liverpool’s manager. Klopp would relish the newly found ‘underdog’ label of his country and would instantly turn them into a contender.
But, it simply isn’t going to happen. Jurgen is clearly very happy at Anfield and he isn’t the kind of manager who will break a promise and leave midway through a contract. The only way things will change is if Liverpool start next season as badly as they did the last one. Then there may be a conversation to be had. Even then, it feels unlikely.
It would appear that this is something that might very well happen once Klopp leaves Liverpool, and we’d be all for that. For the time being though, he’s ours, so keep your hands off!
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