Jürgen Klopp officially announced as Germany head coach

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While the 59-year-old was widely expected to step away from club management for good, taking charge of the German national team was the one job he simply could not turn downAll throughout the World Cup, as Germany struggled, eventually dumped out on penalties by Paraguay in the round of 32, Klopp was in attendance at every game working as a pundit for MagentaTV. "Following the sack of the increasingly unpopular Julian Nagelsmann, it became football's worst-kept secret that the DFB had set their sights on appointing Klopp.He was unveiled in Frankfurt on Friday and was clearly delighted: "It’s a great honour for me to be sitting here today.

Yet that golden era feels distant now, with the team winning just a single knockout tie across their last five tournaments culminating in last month’s embarrassing defeat to Paraguay in Foxborough.Well, first up for Klopp is a UEFA Nations League campaign in the autumn. Germany's UEFA Nations League fixtures Thursday 24 September.

Greece - WWK Arena, Augsburg. In UEFA Nations League A, the top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals, which should be a more than realistic aim for Germany meaning, by next June, who knows, Klopp could have a trophy in his hands.