Could Jürgen Klopp replace Julian Nagelsmann as Germany coach this summer? | OneFootball

Since Jürgen Klopp took over the position as Red Bull's Head of Global Soccer in January 2025, speculation has swirled over a potential return to coaching.

While the former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool boss has mainly been linked with the job as Real Madrid coach in recent months, Sport Bild reports there is a more realistic chance of the 58-year-old replacing Julian Nagelsmann as Germany coach this summer.

According to the report, despite Nagelsmann’s contract running until 2028, this possibility is increasingly being discussed within Red Bull and is considered “very plausible.”

Klopp’s agent, Marc Kosicke, recently confirmed that the German Football Association has “inquired several times” and suggested that his client might find it difficult to turn down an offer to coach his country.

“I don’t think he feels like he has to do it once in his life. He rather feels the responsibility that he couldn’t always say no to the job," Kosicke said.

Last month, Salzburger Nachrichten suggested Klopp could be on his way out, but Sport Bild claims that an early termination of the former Liverpool manager’s contract, which runs until 2029, has not been discussed.

The report also describes a move to Real Madrid as highly unlikely. Such a role would demand enormous daily energy, immense public pressure and constant management of superstar personalities –pressures Klopp has expressed relief at no longer having to face.

“I can’t say ‘never, never, never’”

“As a person, I’m completely at peace with where I am,” Klopp told Bulinews.com in an interview in January when discussing his role and future.

“I don’t want to be somewhere else. I don’t get excited if, whatever, Real Madrid are showing interest. If they would – but it’s just the media.”

Although he stressed that he's not feeling a pressing motivation to return to coaching, he left a small door open.

“I don’t know what I will think in five years when I’m 63. I still won’t be too old for the job. I don’t know what I will think in two or three years either. I don’t expect to change my mind, but I don’t know. Do I want to coach again? At the moment, I would say no, but I can’t say ‘never, never, never’. At the moment, I’m very happy with what I’m doing. It’s a bit like all the things I did in the past led me to be really suited for this job,” Klopp said, adding:

“I don’t need to be in the centre. I don’t need to be on the pitch if we win something, being the one in the middle. It was nice, but I’ve had enough of it. I’m not here to go again, go again, go again. If I feel it, I go again.”