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Jürgen has work to do!

This Friday morning, Jürgen Klopp was officially appointed head of the German national team.

A huge rebuilding job awaits the former Liverpool manager, who is determined to restore the four-time world champions to their former glory.

But to do that, Jürgen Klopp will have to bring order to several very specific areas.

Establish a clear successor to Manuel Neuer

This time, Germany will no longer be able to call on him. At 36, the Bayern Munich goalkeeper came out of international retirement to help the Mannschaft at the 2026 World Cup, but now it is time to turn the page.

Marc-André ter Stegen has never managed to truly succeed the German icon, so it is now up to Jürgen Klopp to establish a new undisputed first-choice goalkeeper.

Between Noah Atubolu, Jonas Urbig, and Mio Backhaus, Germany has a promising pool of goalkeepers in reserve.

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Find the Mannschaft’s next great striker

Up until 2014, Germany was always associated with great goalscorers. But who is now ready to take on that role? Denis Undav had an interesting World Cup and can stake a claim to that responsibility.

Jürgen Klopp can take comfort in the fact that, in the 21st century, the Mannschaft has never needed a superstar to score goals. A legend of international football, Miroslav Klose did not enjoy a club career of the same stature, and the same goes for Mario Gomez and Lucas Podolski.

Revive key players who are out of form

On paper, with Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, and even Kai Havertz, this is a squad that should be aiming higher than a World Cup round-of-16 exit.

But this German generation has seen its self-confidence, once historically renowned, shattered by the successive fiascos of the last three World Cups.

As luck would have it, when Jürgen Klopp arrived at Liverpool, he took over a team in a fairly similar mental state and immediately led them to a Europa League final in his first season.

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