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According to Neuer, Klopp is a “potential candidate” for Bayern
January 29, 2024, 11:47 a.m
Now that Jürgen Klopp’s departure has been confirmed at the end of the season, the football world is thinking about the 56-year-old’s future. Including DFB keeper Manuel Neuer. At a fan club meeting he praised Klopp and called him a “potential candidate” for FC Bayern Munich.
From the perspective of Munich captain Manuel Neuer, outgoing Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp is a “potential candidate” for the coaching position of the German record champions in the future. “I think it depends on him. I don’t think FC Bayern has anything against it,” said the 37-year-old goalkeeper at a fan club meeting, according to the “Bild” newspaper, about Klopp’s possible future with Munich. The former BVB coach is a “renowned, very good, experienced, tactically astute coach who has gained great respect from all footballers and athletes,” said Neuer.
The 56-year-old Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool FC at the end of the season last week. At the same time, he emphasized that he wanted to take a break for at least a year. Recently he was repeatedly traded as a national coach and at other top European clubs. “I think he is definitely a potential candidate who could work for Bayern Munich later,” said Neuer about the former Bundesliga coach.
Thomas Tuchel has a contract with Munich until June 30, 2025. Under the 50-year-old, Bayern are currently only second in the league and were eliminated from the cup early on; There is also always criticism of the style of play.
From Neuer’s point of view, whether Klopp could be an option for the record champions in the future depends primarily on his plans: “Whether he wants that is of course his business. Or whether he says he wants to take a break first. Maybe not more day-to-day business – I can imagine him possibly being a national coach one day. Of course, it depends primarily on him.”
Already on the way to Munich in 2008
“I can’t imagine him showing up at Bayern,” says expert Dietmar Hamann on “Sky90”. The ex-Liverpool player sees Klopp more likely at club level at FC Barcelona or Real Madrid.
As von Neuer indicated, a future commitment would probably not fail at FC Bayern. In an interview in May 2022, Klopp revealed to the Telegraph that he could have moved to FC Bayern several times during his time as Liverpool coach alone. Probably the most famous near-incumbency, however, dates back to 2008.
“We once agreed that he would come to FC Bayern. When he left Mainz, we talked before Christmas about whether he could imagine coming to FC Bayern. He said: ‘Yes, I can do that imagine'”, as Uli Hoeneß explained to RTL in 2022 when asked about that interview. But between the years, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge convinced his board colleague Hoeneß of another coach: Jürgen Klinsmann.