A new era has officially dawned on German football. Jürgen Klopp has taken charge of his first training sessions as Germany national team manager since he was appointed to the post to replace Julian Nagelsmann back in the end of July.
Klopp has named a 44-man squad for the four UEFA Nations League matches Germany is set to play against the Netherlands, Greece (twice), and Serbia and has divided them up into two, separate squads. He’s sending a statement and staying true to his word that he wanted
to make changes as manager and get a look at as many players as he possibly could. Bayern Munich’s Lennart Karl and Barcelona’s Karim Adeyemi have swapped place in the separate squad and RB Leipzig’s Brajan Gruda has had to withdraw from the squad due to injury, but other than that, Klopp is ready to put his plans into action for Die Mannschaft.
Ahead of his first official training session as Germany manager, Klopp sent out a video message to Germany fans all of the world, referring to himself as “the new one” — a play on phrase from dubbing himself “the normal one” when he was appointed Liverpool manager back in 2015, taking over for Brendan Rodgers.
Hi. Some of you might know me, some won’t…I’m the new one. I am the new coach of the German national team, and I couldn’t be more happy about that. And I’ve heard you support us from everywhere pretty much in the world. Thank you for that. So, warm welcome, have fun, maybe we see each other in whichever stadium out there, and can’t wait! Let’s go!
For Klopp’s first stint of matches as Germany manager, Die Mannschaft will head to Amsterdam to take on the Netherlands, then to Augsburg to take on Greece, then will play host to Serbia in Munich at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena, concluding with a trip to Thessaloniki to take on Greece again.
There’s a lot to consider for this international break for Klopp. He’ll want to get as many points as possible, but also want to get a good look at a lot of different players, some of which are in the senior national team squad for the first time. Nonetheless, it is a chance to set the tone and lay down the foundation for the future of the national team moving forward from what was yet another disappointing World Cup showing in the summer.
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