Who will he call up? Klopp's expectation for the Germany stars | OneFootball

German football needs a fresh start — Jürgen Klopp made that clear right from the beginning. Every player will now get the chance to prove himself, the door is closed to no one, but the new national team coach also made one very clear expectation known.

"I looked at 57 outfield players. We had a lot of good players at the World Cup who didn’t play particularly well. It’s far from bad, but it definitely needs improvement," Klopp said.

That is also why he plans to call up new names: "Players will get opportunities who aren’t expecting it at all. Because I want to be brave. I always have been, and I always will be. I want to work with lads who play football that everyone enjoys watching. That doesn’t always bring immediate success, but I want people to go home after the game and say: ‘wow!’"

Everyone should make an effort to draw attention to themselves. At the same time, Klopp is also convinced that there is enough talent to put together a strong team: "I went through the names and came away with an extremely positive view of the squad. We have an incredible amount of talent. We won the U17 World Cup and European Championship. They should be 20 by now. Now that they have driver’s licenses, we can use them."

The expectation of the players, he said, is simply that a call-up to the DFB should be seen as a highlight. That should not only be said, but above all shown. Whenever a player puts on the national team shirt, he should become that little bit better. With that, Klopp made his high standards very clear, but also showed that he wants to spark a new fire in the national team players.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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