Former Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas has tipped former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as “perfect” fit for the German national team.
Klopp is widely expected to take over the side in the coming days, and Jenas thinks – like Carlo Ancelotti – he has the gameplan that is easily adapted to international football.
Conversely, he worries that Pep Guardiola’s intense approach may simply be too complex outside of club football.
During an exclusive sitdown interview with 10bet, Jenas said: “Jürgen Klopp for Germany? I always think international jobs are all about timing. Have you got a good batch coming through?
“The Germans always have a good batch for international football, though it wasn’t great to see them go out the way they did.
Refreshed after break
“From Jürgen Klopp’s point of view, he seems to have consciously made the decision to slow things down in his life after leaving Liverpool.
“It was pedal to the metal all the way from his time at Mainz to Dortmund and then Liverpool.
“After having a break, it feels like he’s getting the flavour again for wanting to do something.
“With his German roots and links to the league for so long, it feels like a perfect fit for Germany.
“It’s going to be interesting to see how he adapts to not dealing with players day in, day out, but it’ll be exciting to see.”
Klopp’s immediate impact
Jenas also discussed Ancelotti, whose Brazil side were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup, and Guardiola, who left Manchester City at the end of the 2025/26 season.
The former England midfielder added: “If Ancelotti takes over your team, you’ll be given the freedom to figure it out yourselves.
“If you’re in a Jürgen Klopp team, it’s heavy metal and we’re going at it. So I think it is a benefit.
“You haven’t got someone like Pep Guardiola coming in, where he needs six months because his brain is too complicated to get you to play the football he wants at international level.
“That’s the feeling you get when you speak to players who have been coached by Pep. So, yeah, I think it will help,” Jenas concluded.
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