Julian Nagelsmann quit as Germany coach. Successors usually came within six weeks.
Germany lost a World Cup shootout for the first time, to Paraguay. Coach Julian Nagelsmann quit in 4 days. Jürgen Klopp confirmed talks to take over.
What happened
Julian Nagelsmann resigned as Germany head coach four days after the shock last-32 exit to Paraguay, with Jürgen Klopp reported ready to take over.
Paraguay knocked Germany out in the round of 32 in Boston on . Julio Enciso headed Paraguay in front against the run of play, and Kai Havertz levelled soon after half-time. In extra time, Jonathan Tah’s header was ruled out after a video review (VAR) for a soft foul on goalkeeper Orlando Gill.
In the penalty shootout, Gill saved from Havertz and Nick Woltemade, and Tah shot over the bar. Paraguay won 4-3. It was the first time Germany had ever lost a World Cup shootout.
Nagelsmann first said he would love to stay on. He called the defeat bitter and Paraguay ultra-defensive. That did not last: under heavy pressure from the board of the DFB, the German football association, he resigned four days after the defeat.
Jürgen Klopp has confirmed talks about the job. Reports say he has agreed in principle, once the terms of his exit from Red Bull are settled, to a role covering playing style and youth development. The DFB has not yet officially announced him. What is left to see is how fast it names the next coach.
Sources: Sky Sports (2), ESPN (2)
The Pattern
Three of the last four new coaches came within six weeks. We looked at the last four times Germany changed head coach and at how long the DFB took to confirm the next one. The slow case was 2021, when the change from Joachim Löw to Hansi Flick was planned in advance and took about eleven weeks.
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The Read
History points to a quick decision. When the exit was a crisis, the DFB moved within days or weeks, with Löw in 2006 and Nagelsmann himself in 2023. This time the likely successor has already confirmed talks and, according to several reports, agreed in principle. Klopp is not coaching a club, and the DFB has every reason to end the story before the new season. Our market gave 84 per cent to Klopp being confirmed by .
The weak point is contracts. Klopp has a global role at Red Bull, and the company has no reason to hurry. In 2021 the DFB took more than two months when the terms were complicated, and a deal reported as done is still not announced. The record is also short, with four cases, and it is about any new coach while our question is about Klopp himself.
An official DFB announcement by settles it. A slow exit from Red Bull is the main thing that could push it later.
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