4 days ago
Jürgen Klopp's agent Marc Kosicke has been handed a position in the new Germany set-up under the former Liverpool boss.
The 55-year-old will be responsible "for strategy, development and innovation," Klopp told his unveiling as men's head coach in Frankfurt on Friday.
Kosicke has been at Klopp's side for around two decades. He will count as "an external consultant" and will not be a German Football Federation staff (DFB) member.
Klopp said he needed his close confidant because although playing good football is a priority, "we must also change lots of other things. We need people who can do this alongside me."
DFB president Bernd Neuendorf added: "It was quite clear that the two are so closely intertwined that they can only be had as a package."
#kosicke #marc
The 55-year-old will be responsible "for strategy, development and innovation," Klopp told his unveiling as men's head coach in Frankfurt on Friday.
Kosicke has been at Klopp's side for around two decades. He will count as "an external consultant" and will not be a German Football Federation staff (DFB) member.
Klopp said he needed his close confidant because although playing good football is a priority, "we must also change lots of other things. We need people who can do this alongside me."
DFB president Bernd Neuendorf added: "It was quite clear that the two are so closely intertwined that they can only be had as a package."
#kosicke #marc
17 days ago
Jürgen Klopp held talks with German football bosses about becoming the new men's team coach in an airport hotel in New York on Friday, the Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.
The former Liverpool boss met German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf and vice president Hans-Joachim Watzke near John F Kennedy Airport, the report said.
Photographs showed Klopp and his agent Marc Kosicke at a building entrance as well as Neuendorf and Watzke with their luggage. The meeting is said to have lasted more than four hours.
Klopp is working as a pundit for MagentaTV during the World Cup and has been in the US for several weeks. The DFB officials flew in from Frankfurt on Friday.
Klopp is the DFB's preferred candidate to succeed Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned after the World Cup last-32 exit.
The former Liverpool boss met German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf and vice president Hans-Joachim Watzke near John F Kennedy Airport, the report said.
Photographs showed Klopp and his agent Marc Kosicke at a building entrance as well as Neuendorf and Watzke with their luggage. The meeting is said to have lasted more than four hours.
Klopp is working as a pundit for MagentaTV during the World Cup and has been in the US for several weeks. The DFB officials flew in from Frankfurt on Friday.
Klopp is the DFB's preferred candidate to succeed Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned after the World Cup last-32 exit.
