German football needs a fresh start — Jürgen Klopp made that clear right from the beginning. Every player will now get the chance to prove himself, the door is closed to no one, but the new national coach also made one very clear expectation known.

“I looked at 57 outfield players. We had a lot of good players at the World Cup who didn’t play particularly well. It’s far from bad, but it definitely needs improvement,” Klopp said.

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That is why he will also call up new names: “There will be players getting opportunities who aren’t even expecting it yet. Because I want to be brave. I always have been, and I always will be. I want to work with lads who play the kind of football everyone enjoys. That doesn’t always bring immediate success, but I want people to go home after the game and say: ‘wow!'”

Everyone should make an effort to draw attention to themselves. At the same time, Klopp is also convinced that there is enough talent available to put together a good team: “I went through the names and came away with an extremely positive view of the squad. We have an incredible amount of talent. We became world and European champions at U17 level. They should be 20 now. Now, with driver’s licenses, we can use them.”

The expectation of the players is simply that a call-up to the DFB team should be seen as a highlight. That should not only be said, but above all shown. Whenever a player puts on the national team shirt, he should become that little bit better. With that, Klopp made his high standards very clear, but also showed that he wants to ignite a new fire in the national team players.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.