Jurgen Klopp makes decision on Germany job as Nagelsmann walks after World Cup exit

Klopp the favourite to take the reins (Picture: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)

Julian Nagelsmann

has resigned as Germany boss after their embarrassing

World Cup

exit with

Jurgen Klopp

open to taking over.

Germany, who failed to qualify from the group stages of the previous two tournaments, were eliminated at the last 32 stage this week,

losing to Paraguay on penalties.

It has left Nagelsmann’s position untenable and despite

insisting he would not ‘run away’

Bild

report he will now step down as head coach.

The former

Bayern Munich

boss arrived at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt on Thursday for a secret three-hour summit with German football bosses including President Bernd Neuendorf, Bundesliga President Hans-Joachim Watzke and Sporting Director Rudi Voller.

England's hero (Picture:Getty)

Nageslmann pled his case, putting forward his reasons for Germany’s early exit but did not do enough to convince the decision-makers he should be the one to lead the nation into

Euro 2028

and beyond.

Following the meeting, the committee strongly recommended Nagelsmann resign from his role before being pushed. He is set to bank around £5million in a severance package.

Klopp is the popular choice to take the reins with the Daily Telegraph reporting this week he is open to taking over.

Nagelsmann was urged to resign (Picture: Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

The 59-year-old stepped down as

Liverpool

manager in 2024 and now has a role as Head of Global Soccer for

Red Bull

GmbH. He has been working as a pundit on German television during the World Cup.

While he has been in no rush to return to club management, one of Klopp’s remaining ambitions is to manage the national team with the conditions now ideal for him to take over. Euro 2028, which will be held across

England

, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, is a particularly attractive proposition for the former Liverpool boss.

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