The German football association (DFB) has announced that Jürgen Klopp has "reached an agreement on the key points" to become Germany's next head coach, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann. The 59-year-old former Liverpool manager is expected to sign a contract running until 2030, marking his return to management after two years away from the dugout. The appointment matters because it hands one of international football's most high-profile jobs to a widely admired coach following Germany's disappointing early exit from the 2026 World Cup.

DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and vice-president Hans-Joachim Watzke held initial in-depth talks with Klopp in New York, with negotiations set to continue and still subject to agreement with his current employer, Red Bull, where he serves as head of global soccer. Nagelsmann, whose contract had run to the 2028 Euros, stepped down on 3 July after Germany topped their World Cup group but lost to Ecuador and were then eliminated by Paraguay on penalties in the last 32. Klopp, who has been working as a pundit for German television at the tournament, courted controversy with a "for now" remark about Nagelsmann's team selection, for which he later apologised, joking that he was "still an idiot".