Jurgen Klopp reveals new job as former Liverpool boss confirms return

Jurgen Klopp reveals new job as former Liverpool boss confirms return - 'It is tingling again'

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed he is returning to the sidelines next year as a pundit at the 2026 World Cup

Jurgen Klopp has revealed he is returning to the sidelines in a teasing video confirming his next job. The German stood down as Liverpool manager in the summer of 2024, and has been adamant ever since that he had no desire to return to coaching.

The 58-year-old returned to football in January 2025 as he joined the Red Bull group in a consultancy role as their new Head of Global Football.

Meanwhile, it was revealed last month that he had also taken up a new role with the German Football League (DFL), as he joined an expert group aimed at improving the nation’s game.

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But Klopp has now announced his next role, revealing he will be a pundit at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States for Magenta TV.

And revealed in a video on social media on Friday morning, the former Liverpool boss could not resist teasing a return to the sidelines before the reality of his next role became clear.

“Many of you have always known better,” he said in a voiceover alongside footage of him walking around a stadium. “But I truly couldn’t envision it for myself.

“Going back to the sideline? I don’t miss anything. This is what I always thought. But now it is tingling again.

“Grass underneath my feet. The heated atmosphere in the stadium. And I want to be really close again.”

Klopp then addressed the camera as he shut down suggestions of a managerial return once more.

“Oh? No, not as a manager,” he clarified. “I am becoming a pundit for Magenta TV at the FIFA World Cup 2026.”

Klopp was then shown video-calling German television host and journalist, Johannes B. Kerner.

“Hi Johannes,” he started. “I’m in! See you on June 11 in Mexico! Cool sentence.

“Except for Indiana Jones, probably nobody can say it.”

Meanwhile, Klopp also teased his return on the caption alongside the video, writing: “Grass underfoot, stadium atmosphere, very close! Back to the sideline, I'm looking forward to it!”

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