Liverpool extended their unbeaten run to 18 games in all competitions with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over West Ham on Sunday. The Reds will be hoping to continue their good form tonight against Leicester City in the Carabao Cup, with manager Jürgen Klopp expected to make wholesale changes.
The boss has reaffirmed his commitment to the club amid interest from the German FA. The Telegraph’s Merseyside football reporter Chris Bascombe reported last Friday that the DFB made an approach for Klopp before turning to former Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann.
The internet was awash with rumour yesterday that Jürgen may be considering extending his stay at the club after turning down the German job, but unfortunately, there is no solid evidence to suggest that is the case.
On the latest episode of our Journo Insight show, we asked experienced LFC journalist Neil Jones for his reading on the story.
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Neil said:
“I think he knows that when he wants that job, he can have it. I don’t think it’s one of them when it’s like, ‘This is the only chance you get to be the Germany manager.’
“You say, ‘What an honour – the home Euros, the chance of glory.’ Imagine Germany went and had an underwhelming or really poor Euros – and it’s possible with the way that the team’s been going. You’ve said goodbye to Liverpool to do that.
“I think there’s an expectation that he will manage Germany one day, but I think it’s still a fair way down. I think he wants the day-to-day and he wants the ability to keep building something. If Liverpool carries on the way they’re going – I think he is going to build something.
“What has he not proven as a manager? What he hasn’t proven is, can he do it again. He got Liverpool to the top of the mountain – incredible. Three, four years of success, the highest standards imaginable, but fell away and now he’s rebuilding again. That’s what great managers are defined by really. I’m thinking of Ferguson as probably the number one example.
“Can we get that feeling of those parades? Imagine winning the Premier League, even the Europa League, the Champions League again, but with the supporters as well behind us. I think that would be his utopia really.
“I think the only way he’s going to be doing that is at Liverpool. You’re not going to get that feeling with the German national team or by going on a sabbatical for a year and waiting for another job to turn up.”
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As the world’s most high-profile German manager and an extremely popular figure at home, it is no surprise that Jürgen Klopp continues to be linked with the national team job. Klopp first came to national attention in 2006 whilst Mainz manager, winning a German Television Award for his punditry of that year’s World Cup. Next year’s Euros will be the first major tournament since then to be held in Germany, but the boss has decided to forgo the opportunity of leading his country in favour of trying to rediscover the magic that has won him a host of major trophies with Liverpool.
Jürgen has looked reinvigorated in the early stages of the 23/24 season, with his trademark fist pumps making an appearance following the 3-1 win over West Ham. With Liverpool’s form becoming reminiscent of a few seasons ago, expectation is now building, and the Reds appear to be in a good position to add to their Klopp-era trophy haul. If Jürgen Klopp is to manage Germany one day, then that day will have to come after the summer of 2026, or hopefully even later than that.
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