Jurgen Klopp: Germany appoint former Liverpool boss as new head coach to replace Julian Nagelsmann

Germany have appointed Jurgen Klopp as their new head coach.

Klopp returns to management on a contract that runs until the end of the 2030 World Cup after leaving Liverpool in 2024 because he was "running out of energy", having won six trophies in nine years at the club.

After a six-month break, the 59-year-old was appointed Red Bull's head of global soccer, later stating he had no desire to return to club management.

The 59-year-old was unveiled on Friday and issued a stark warning to potential critics that he would walk away from the job if he and his family are treated inappropriately.

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"It is my mission to make the national team squad a better team and hope the pool for me to choose from will be bigger, but it is not something I am doing against you, I am doing it for you. It is an honour," he said.

"I will be remunerated very graciously and if tomorrow Jurgen Klopp is s***, I will be gone. But if the DFB says let us discontinue the job, then that's it. And if you behave badly and don't let my family in peace, I'll be gone. I'll just turn away. I know there are other countries where national team head coaches are treated even worse. I love this job but I am also ready to call it quits if needs be.

"Jurgen Klopp is not going to have any 'career' after the national team. This is the pinnacle, the high point of my footballing career as a coach. I will give everything I've got, and I have the best possible assistant coaching team."

Klopp also warned his appointment wouldn't guarantee success and that expectations need to be adjusted.

"Jurgen Klopp being in the job doesn't automatically mean we're going to be world champions," he said.

"Success is performance vs expectations. We need a new set of expectations. Many people have asked themselves, are we as good as France? If the answer is no, then that is not necessarily true. If the question is, do we have players like Dembele, Barcola, Mbappe? Then the answer is no, we don't, but we can still beat them.

"We don't want to play like Argentina, Spain, England or France. We want to play like Germany, do it the German way but very intense. Are we the number one team at the moment? No, we aren't; I accept that. Would we be happy to be the number two team? Then people would say we aren't number one.

"At the moment, we have 11 teams ahead of us. Yes, we can beat them, but for this to happen, you need to play very good, intense football."

Klopp was the first person the DFB turned to when Julian Nagelsmann resigned after a disappointing World Cup ended with a penalty shoot-out exit to Paraguay in the last 32.

His first game in charge is against the Netherlands in the Nations League on September 24.

Former Liverpool assistants Pep Lijnders, who recently left Manchester City after Pep Guardiola's departure, and Peter Krawietz are part of the coaching staff, along with Sven Bender, who played under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund.

Per Mertesacker, who stepped down as Arsenal's academy manager after eight years at the end of last season, will become Germany's sporting director in January, replacing Andreas Rettig.

Klopp won the Champions League, Premier League, Club World Cup, FA Cup and League Cup twice at Liverpool.

More to follow.

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