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Germany has officially appointed Jürgen Klopp as the new head coach of the national football team on a four-year contract running through the summer 2030 World Cup.
He succeeds Julian Nagelsmann, who departed following Germany’s exit at the 2026 World Cup.
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The German Football Association (DFB) secured his release from Red Bull (where he served as Head of Global Soccer) via a €1 million donation to the Wings for Life foundation and an agreement to play three internationals in Leipzig by 2030.
“It’s a great honour for me to be sitting here today,” Klopp told a press conference called by the DFB to announce his appointment in Frankfurt.
“This is ideally the high point of my career, of my life, my professional life. I will give it everything I have,” he said.
However, he warned the assembled reporters that “if you tomorrow you start saying: ‘He’s crap’, then I’m off”.
DFB President Bernd Neuendorf said Klopp’s contract would start on August 15 and run until summer 2030.
Since 2025, Klopp has been under contract until 2029 with Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull as “Head of Global Soccer”, where he oversees the football clubs affiliated with the company, such as RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg and the New York Red Bulls.
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Neuendorf thanked Red Bull for their willingness to end the contract early as Klopp would need his “full concentration” for the new job.
The DFB did not have to pay a fee but will instead make a donation of a million euros ($1.1 million) to Red Bull’s Wings for Life charity foundation, which supports research into spinal cord injuries.
