Germany in official talks with Jurgen Klopp as Julian Nagelsmann resigns as coach

[p]Nagelsmann, who had a contract until 2028, stepped down from the job on Friday, just four days after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a]'s disappointing last-32 exit to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a].[/p][p]In a statement, the DFB said discussions would begin with Klopp, the former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a] manager, while thanking Nagelsmann for his almost three-year stint.[/p][p]Klopp, who led Liverpool to Champions League and Premier League honours, is currently under contract as Red Bull's head of global football, but Sky Germany reports he has a verbal agreement which would allow him to leave to take up the Germany job.[/p][p]Nagelsmann's resignation comes a day after the 38-year-old was called into a three-hour meeting at DFB headquarters in Frankfurt to discuss his future.[/p][image alt="Germany - Paraguay momentum graph" id="1e0b5006-a48b-4ce2-8780-857240a34959" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="1dd0335d-89fb-4a29-9947-f1f9bc746d99" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]German tabloid Bild reported the coach was offered a severance package of seven million euros ($8 million), roughly one year's salary, to cut short his contract which was set to expire in 2028.[/p][p]"[b]The decision was anything but easy for me[/b]," Nagelsmann said in a statement.[/p][p]"[b]My top priority has always been the success of the team. After such a bitter disappointment, it deserves the chance of a new beginning[/b]."[/p][p]Nagelsmann apologised to fans for the early exit.[/p][p]"[b]I am sorry and hurt from the bottom of my heart that we disappointed you and couldn't give you any more football nights at this World Cup[/b]."[/p][p]DFB sporting director Rudi Voeller said Nagelsmann "is and remains an excellent coach and I am convinced that he will continue to follow his path successfully".[/p][h2]Series of setbacks[/h2][p]Germany's loss to Paraguay is the latest in a series of setbacks for the four-time world champions, who suffered two group stage World Cup exits in Russia and Qatar.[/p][p]The Germans have not fared much better at the Euros. Germany were eliminated by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] at the last 16 level in 2021 and lost to eventual champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] on home soil at Euro 2024.[/p][p]By moving on from Nagelsmann immediately after the World Cup, the DFB wanted to avoid a repeat of the situation in 2018 and 2022, when some felt they held onto an unsuccessful coach for too long.[/p][embed guid="7a390989-b064-4a9a-8d6a-0396c1586d4b" url="https://x.com/Plettigoal/status/2072989269187084311" social-type="twitter" /][p]Joachim Low, a world champion in 2014, eventually left the position three years after the 2018 World Cup, with Flick leaving a year after the 2022 edition.[/p][p]Nagelsmann's appointment was initially considered a coup for the DFB, with European clubs reportedly interested at the time.[/p][p]Already the youngest coach in Bundesliga history when he took over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hoffenheim/hQAtP9Sl/"]Hoffenheim[/a] aged 28, Nagelsmann also managed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rb-leipzig/KbS1suSm/"]RB Leipzig[/a].[/p][p]Initially appointed on a short-term deal for Euro 2024, Nagelsmann extended shortly before that tournament and then signed another extension in January 2025, which would take him to after Euro 2028.[/p][p]Germany showed signs of a revival under Nagelsmann at Euro 2024, winning their group before losing in extra time to eventual champions Spain in the quarter-finals.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]