Klopp does not exclude his job as national coach

Become national coach? "If the question arises, I'll think about it." Jürgen Klopp has already been traded several times as a possible coach of the German national team - in conversation with Johannes B. Kerner he has commented on it: Even if he says: "Today I would not feel like it, because I feel too comfortable here" - he did not want to exclude it. "Even though I can not say if I am the right person."

Klopp said in the new talk format "Best Besetzung", which celebrates its premiere on Thursday on Magenta TV and is produced by SPIEGEL TV. When he finishes his work at Liverpool, he will "definitely take a break" and then decide his future. After that, he could not imagine working as a coach anymore. "I'm 52 now, I'm not thinking about quitting." Klopp's contract in Liverpool expires in the summer of 2022 - at the same time as that of coach Joachim Loew.

"The way to the title more important than the title"

In the 55-minute interview questions Kerner, who moderated together with the former TV expert Klopp for ZDF the transfers of the World Cup 2006, his interviewee even after his athletic motivation. "The path to the title is more important to me than the title itself," says Klopp. If he still had to accept congratulations weeks after winning the Champions League, he would have to cut short: "I almost forgot that."

As his great role model in football, he refers to Franz Beckenbauer. He calls the former World Cup coach and player regularly. In this context, he complained to the public handling Beckenbauer after the revelations for the award of the 2006 World Cup as "typically German". He was convinced that "Franz did not do anything wrong".

In detail Klopp takes in the conversation also comment on non-sporting topics. He comments on Brexit, the policies of Donald Trump and the climate change debate around Greta Thunberg.