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McLaughlin: Ranking Top CFB Programs Over Next 5 Years
The biggest story coming out of SEC Media Days has been the discussion regarding the SEC potentially breaking away from the NCAA.
Could they really have their own sport separate from the Big 12, ACC, and Big 10?
On today’s episode of Locked On College Football, Spencer McLaughlin and ‘The Portal’ host Brian Smith discuss programs that have a strong outlook in the next 5 years.
Does Alabama make the top 10 programs with a 5-year outlook right now?
Indiana was one of the most unlikely national champions of all time in 2025, and they won’t sneak up on anyone in 2026. Spencer and ‘Locked On Hoosiers’ host Jacob Goins pick Indiana’s 2026 record with Josh Hoover at QB.
00:00 Debating structure in college football
03:55 SEC’s stance on NIL money
07:15 Debating SEC’s national legitimacy
13:00 Ranking Top College Football Programs
15:41 Discussing Marcus Freeman’s future potential
18:00 Ranking Texas colleges in football
21:25 Debating the top ten college teams
26:03 Discussing end-of-season matchups
29:21 Ohio State’s tough road games
31:40 Predicting the Washington-Indiana contest
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Why is Tyson Fury’s fight not on TV today? Mariusz Wach bout will not be streamed, says ‘Gypsy King’
Tyson Fury will return to the ring today, boxing in a warm-up bout for his long-awaited fight against Anthony Joshua.
In Thailand, where Fury has been training throughout the past year, the British heavyweight will face ex-world-title challenger Mariusz Wach, one day before Joshua fights Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia.
• Fury vs Wach LIVE: Follow along with the Independent
Should Fury and his “AJ” win these contests, they will finally clash towards the end of this year, with a November showdown at Wembley Stadium possible – if the fight begins in the early hours of the morning, apparently.
Some might say that Fury, 37, has already had a warm-up for his planned fight with Joshua; in April, Fury ended his fifth retirement and outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov in Tottenham. But the former world heavyweight champion wants to go again, facing Wach in a fight whose proceeds will go to charity, according to Fury.
The big question, however, is if fans can watch the fight at all… Here’s all you need to know:
When is the fight?
Fury vs Wach will take place on Friday 24 July at Max Muaythai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand. The main card is believed to begin at 3.15pm BST (7.15am PT / 9.15am CT / 10.15am ET), with main-event ring walks then likely at 5pm BST (9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET).
How can I watch it?
Fury has said: “This great fight will not be streamed live! It will only be broadcast on my hit Netflix TV show ‘At Home With The Furys’ season three.” There is currently no release date for that season. The Independent will provide live updates from the event, however.
Odds
Fury – 1/50
Wach – 25/1
Draw – 14/1
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Tyson Fury vs Mariusz Wach (heavyweight)
Daniel Baer vs Simon Ibekwe (heavyweight)
Michael Alan Flannery vs TBA (light-heavyweight)
Lucas Dassios vs TBA (cruiserweight)
Mark Ahondjo vs TBA (heavyweight)
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Jul 23, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Minnesota Twins shortstop Brooks Lee (22) celebrates with second baseman Luke Keaschall (15) after the Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images The Minnesota Twins return home with their chins up despite a losing road trip.
Minnesota will try to keep its confidence high when it opens a three-game series against the Athletics on Friday night in Minneapolis. The contest marks the start of a six-game homestand for the Twins, who also will host the Kansas City Royals for three games.
The Twins are coming off a 3-4 road trip. However, they closed the trek with back-to-back wins over the Cleveland Guardians, which gave manager Derek Shelton reason to believe that the team is on an upswing.
That could prove to be important as the Minnesota front office tries to decide whether to buy, stand pat or sell ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
“To bounce back, it’s one of the few times going home 3-4 that I feel good about it,” Shelton said after the Twins escaped with a 3-1, 12-inning win over the Guardians on Thursday.
The Athletics will try to spoil the good feelings for Minnesota. They are coming off back-to-back losses against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, and they are 2-4 since returning from the All-Star break.
Injuries have decimated the Athletics, who put right-handers J.T. Ginn and Mark Leiter Jr. and infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer on the injured list this week. A slew of other players such as Brent Rooker, Nick Kurtz, Zack Gelof, Luis Severino and Justin Sterner also have been sidelined by injuries.
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said the injuries are testing the team’s depth, particularly in the late innings, where he now must rely mostly on unproven hurlers. “It’s challenging,” Kotsay said. “You look at the bullpen collectively, and there’s just not a lot of experience. There’s not a lot of guys with track records that can come in and shut down an inning. We’re going through a tough stretch here of trying to find those guys. We’re not going to stop trying. We’ll continue to make moves.”
The Twins will turn to right-hander Zebby Matthews (4-7, 5.40 ERA) as they seek their third win in a row. Matthews hopes to bounce back from his worst start of 2026 after the Chicago Cubs slammed him for 10 runs (eight earned) on nine hits in three-plus innings during a 10-1 rout on Sunday.
This will be Matthews’ second career start against the Athletics. He faced the A’s on June 4, 2025, and earned a win after holding them to one run on four hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out four.
The Athletics will counter with left-hander Jacob Lopez (4-4, 6.64 ERA), who will make his 16th appearance and 13th start of the season. He is looking for his first victory since May 24 against the San Diego Padres. In his most recent outing, Lopez took a 5-2 loss against the Washington Nationals on Sunday after giving up two runs on two hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and matched his season high with six strikeouts.
In two career appearances (one start) against the Twins, Lopez is 1-1 with a 6.10 ERA. He has given up eight runs (seven earned) in 10 1/3 innings, but he also has walked only two batters while striking out 17.
–Field Level Media
Jul 18, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dustin May (3) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images With both sides attempting to gain ground in the National League wild-card race, the St. Louis Cardinals host the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.
The Cardinals have dropped five of seven games since the All-Star break and sit 1 1/2 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final NL wild-card spot. St. Louis also is a half-game behind the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are currently the first NL team out of the playoff picture.
Trying to stay afloat in the playoff chase, the Reds enter their third consecutive road set riding a pair of series victories. Cincinnati, which is six games behind the Diamondbacks, took two of three from both the Colorado Rockies and the Seattle Mariners.
Since St. Louis’ Dustin May hurled a one-hit shutout against the San Diego Padres on June 15, little has gone right for the right-hander. In five starts since the gem, May (5-7, 4.78 ERA) is 0-1 with a 9.92 ERA.
May threw five innings for the first time in more than a month on Saturday, but he surrendered five runs on eight hits while striking out six and walking four in a 5-3 loss at Arizona.
Despite May’s rough patch, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol has confidence the 28-year-old can find his rhythm again.
“He’s competed well. He went through a stretch there where he gave us some really good outings,” Marmol said. “After the complete game, there have been some ups and downs, but he’s good enough to get out of this.”
Making the 91st appearance (77th start) of his major league career, May will face Cincinnati for the first time. Among the Reds getting their first look at May will be All-Star first baseman Sal Stewart. The 22-year-old ranks fourth in the majors with 74 RBIs after knocking in nine runs across the club’s first two series since the midseason break.
“I think there are guys that relish those opportunities,” Cincinnati manager Terry Francona said of Stewart’s success with runners on base. “He’s so strong and he’s got great hitter’s hands. The ball just jumps off his bat.”
Despite the RBI surge, Stewart is batting just .130 (3-for-23) since the break.
On the mound, Rhett Lowder (3-7, 5.75 ERA) will be chasing a bounce-back effort for Cincinnati. After appearing as a starter for his first 13 outings of the year, Lowder made three appearances out of the bullpen before re-emerging in the rotation after the All-Star break. Last time out, the 24-year-old right-hander lasted just 2 1/3 innings, allowing eight runs on 11 hits in a 10-3 loss to the Rockies on Saturday in Denver. He struck out two and didn’t walk a batter.
“(Colorado) was just being aggressive and I was probably leaving too many thick pitches for them. Balls were just finding holes,” Lowder said of that outing. “It was very frustrating.”
Lowder has thrown eight scoreless innings across a pair of starts against the Cardinals during his career. He faced St. Louis on June 7, allowing just one hit but walking five across three scoreless innings in a no-decision. The Reds lost 5-3.
–Field Level Media
Jurgen Klopp started his reign as Germany’s head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family’s privacy.
The former Liverpool manager was appointed on a four-year deal on Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned this month after Germany’s shock World Cup defeat by Paraguay in the last 32.
But the 59-year-old issued a warning to the media as he held his first press conference as Germany’s head coach.
“If you behave badly and don’t leave my family in peace then I’ll be gone, I’ll just turn away,” Klopp said.
“I know there are other countries where national team coaches are treated even worse.
“I love this job but I am always ready to call it quits if need be.”
Klopp’s appointment was widely expected for weeks and his contract will see him through to the 2030 World Cup, co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
“Jurgen Klopp is not going to have any ‘career’ after the national team,” he added.
“This is the pinnacle, the absolutely high point of my footballing career as coach. I will give everything I have got.”
Saskatchewan Roughriders fans held ballcaps in their hands, while some wiped away tears, as the team on Thursday honoured a player and another man killed in a highway crash.
Before kickoff at the matchup against the Edmonton Elks, video screens at Mosaic Stadium played tribute to Roughrider linebacker Jayden Dalke, 30, of Leduc, Alta., and Bhishma Rajyaguru, 22, of Regina.
Attendees stood as the screens showed photos of Rajyaguru with his family and friends, and a video of him dancing played.
A voiceover said Rajyaguru was a gifted percussionist and was always there for his friends and family.
A video of Dalke then played on the screens. It showed him interacting with his teammates and fans, while a voiceover from a player described him as being the team’s glue.
A helmet with the initials ‘JD’ sat on a table behind the players’ bench.
Fans clapped once both presentations were over. There was then a moment of silence, lasting about one minute.
“What a loss,” said one man after the tributes were over.
On July 18, Dalke was reportedly driving on the wrong side of a divided highway at night when his SUV smashed into another SUV that Rajyaguru was driving. The vehicles had no passengers.
RCMP have said alcohol and cannabis were found in Dalke’s SUV, which had pulled out of a gas station with unpaid fuel about a half-hour before the crash.
Both Dalke and Rajyaguru died at the scene on Highway 11 near the town of Lumsden, northwest of Regina.
The Roughriders lost Thursday’s game 36-34. Throughout the match, fans cheered good plays while also booing referee decisions they didn’t agree with.
Roughriders Quarterback Trevor Harris later told reporters the team gave everything it had despite the circumstances of the crash.
“I was proud of the guys in that,” Harris said. “I hope both families that we honoured are proud and could take some solace in the pre-game tribute to them.”
Corey Mace, the team’s head coach, said it’s been an emotional week.
“Just being out there and seeing both people, both victims, being represented and seeing a little bit about both gentlemen – man, it’s just so sad,” Mace said.
Cody Fajardo, the quarterback for the Elks, told reporters his team had expected the Roughriders to be emotional.
“We try to put ourselves in their shoes, the empathy in their shoes as if we lost one of our teammates, just how much you want to rally around each other,” he said.
Since police released details of the crash, some fans had headed to Thursday’s game with conflicting emotions.
Some had said they were apprehensive about going to the game, while others felt they needed to be there for the team.
At tailgating parties outside the stadium Thursday, the crash was among the topics of discussion.
Lynn Kaglea of Pilot Butte, outside Regina, said she shed a few tears.
“It’s a little bit more sombre than it’s been at other tailgating events,” Kaglea said.
She said she’s been in contact with Dalke’s parents and is planning to make them a quilt.
“I just think it’s a terrible tragedy,” Kaglea said.
Sandra Poitras of Candle Lake, northeast of Saskatoon, said she’s grateful the team honoured both men.
“Jayden was on the wrong side of the road and whatever else happened was very, very unfortunate,” she said.
“We all make mistakes, and you can’t mourn him any less just because he was the one that made the mistake.”
But the gatherings outside the stadium were also like any other.
Fans were grilling meat or eating watermelon, while others sipped beer or pop. Some were doing activities, like tossing bean bags in a hole or racing in potato sacks.
Many were wearing green and white, including colourful face paint, beads, and vibrant wigs. Some wore black Roughriders T-shirts.
“I think everyone’s doing OK,” said Shawn Fiedelleck
“I was on social media. Big mistake, you know. I’m waiting for all the facts to come out.”
Some in Rider Nation have been embroiled in online debates over the circumstances of the crash.
On various social media platforms and team fan forums, some have speculated whether Dalke was driving while impaired.
Mounties have said autopsies and toxicology tests are being conducted. A spokesperson with Saskatchewan’s justice ministry has said such results are not publicly released because they contain personal health information.
Gerri Sernick, an administrator with the Saskatchewan Roughriders Fan Page on Facebook, said she has had to remove nasty comments about Dalke, including that he doesn’t deserve to be honoured by his team.
“It was truly awful. Since I started that page, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Sernick said in a message earlier this week.
“Regardless of the circumstances, two young men are not going home to their families, and that is where our focus should remain.”
To keep decorum, other fan pages and forums closed comment sections on some posts.
Kerri Ludvigsen said Wednesday police set off a “firestorm” when they released the details about alcohol and cannabis found in Dalke’s SUV.
“People grieving (now) have to see … messages that are so hurtful and disrespectful,” she said.
At the tailgating party Thursday, Kaglea said people have been “crucifying” Dalke over something that hasn’t been proven.
“As a parent, it just hurts me that people are saying those things, that his parents are seeing it,” she said.
The Roughriders have shared a GoFundMe page for Rajyaguru’s family, which had raised more than $92,000 as of Thursday night, to cover the cost of repatriating his body to India.
Rajyaguru came to Canada from the Indian state of Gujarat as an international student in 2022.
Detroit Tigers officials are essentially on the clock and must decide soon whether they will be adding or selling at the Aug. 3 trade deadline. It’s possible that the emergence of second-year starting pitcher Troy Melton could have an impact on that decision. The 25-year-old is on the mound Thursday for a 6:40 p.m. ET first pitch against the visiting Kansas City Royals. That’s the last game on a light five-game slate. It seems like a good night to go see “The Odyssey.”
Detroit is a strong -229 money-line favorite for MLB betting on Thursday, with Kansas City +192 in the latest MLB odds, and you can wager on Royals vs. Tigers on all the top sports betting apps. The Over/Under for total runs scored in the game is 8.5.
Royals-Tigers MLB same-game parlay
- Detroit money line
- Under 1.5 first-inning runs
- Alt Under 10.5
FanDuel: SGP price: +148
Earlier this week, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch acknowledged his club had been essentially playing must-win baseball for weeks in terms of convincing the front office to keep two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Casey Mize and others at the deadline or ship them out and focus on 2027.
“We’ve been playing Game 7 since May,” Hinch said Monday. “We know what’s ahead. We know what the conversation around our team is. Tarik is in the news every single day because someone has a dream trade to make up — yet we have a game to win that night.”
The schedule is quite easy leading into the deadline, starting with four at home against the AL Central last-place Royals and then three at Comerica Park vs. the mediocre Orioles before heading out on a West Coast trip on July 31. Circle that day as likely when a decision will be made about selling or not.
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There are two ways to look at this regarding Melton, in my opinion, if he’s the real deal at 5-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in nine starts after an equally promising 2025 rookie campaign. He was the franchise’s No. 13 overall prospect entering last year. If Melton is a future ace, you feel better about dealing Skubal because you have the replacement and you can beef up the farm system. But on the flip side, a rotation of Skubal, Mize and Melton could do some damage in the postseason should Detroit get there.
At 48-54, the Tigers are 4.5 games out of the AL’s final wild card spot, but it might be easier to simply win the weak AL Central, where they are 6.5 games back. For the postseason, Detroit is +350 with No at -450, while the SportsLine Projection Model gives the team a 24.1% chance.
Melton was sidelined for the first two months of the season due to elbow inflammation (the team was 21-33 when he debuted). He appears to be getting stronger, as in three July starts he is 1-0 with a 0.52 ERA. Last time out, he became only the fifth pitcher in franchise history age 25 or younger to record back-to-back nine-strikeout efforts, joining Skubal, Rick Porcello, Jeremy Bonderman and Justin Thompson.
This season, Melton is throwing his cut fastball 20.5% of the time and batters are hitting just .083 off it with a 26.0% whiff rate. In 2025, Melton threw the pitch 10.8% of the time with a .368 OBA and a 12.8% whiff rate. The cutter is averaging 92.2 mph in 2026, up from 90.9 mph. Overall, he uses six pitches but his curveball the least at 2%.
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Bettors who wagered $100 on each of Melton’s nine starts for Detroit to win would be up $444. His lone outings vs. the Royals were last year when Melton was largely a reliever, and he allowed one run and five hits over three innings in two appearances with no decisions. The model has him at 5.6 innings, 4.3 strikeouts, 5.1 hits allowed and 2.7 earned runs tonight.
Nothing to see here for the Royals as they will be selling ahead of the deadline. Franchise player and All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. landed on the injured list Wednesday for the first time in his career, ending any AL MVP chances Witt had. The 26-year-old was batting .279 with 13 home runs, 39 RBIs and an American League-leading 30 steals.
Looks to be a bullpen-type night on the mound for K.C., led by veteran Randy Dobnak, who has a 1.93 ERA but no decisions in 14.0 innings this year. No joke, his birthplace is South Park … Pennsylvania. The only active Tigers batter to have seen him is Gleyber Torres (0-for-2, two BB).
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Wednesday’s parlay of backing Houston at home, Under 1.5 first-inning runs and alt Under 10.5 full game cashed easily at +137. Let’s go right back to the well on this one at a better price. Doesn’t look like a great hitters’ night at Comerica Park with winds blowing in a bit and not too hot. The model has Tigers 5.2-4.0. Check out other expert picks in the SportsLine daily newsletter.
Following a decisive attack in the closing stages, Richard Carapaz claimed victory on Stage 18, leaving all his rivals trailing in his wake. He finished ahead of Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid and the American Matteo Jorgenson, who crossed the line 45 seconds behind him. Today, the riders face another mountain stage, with over 3,000 metres of elevation gain.
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Enzo Maresca press conference LIVE Rodri latest and transfer updates as Man City unveil new head coach
Hello and welcome to coverage of Maresca’s first press conference as City head coach. The Italian is only the Blues’ eighth permanent boss this century and today is a milestone for this new era. Guardiola’s exit at the end of last season leaves Maresca with big shoes to fill.
City’s decision-makers agreed that Maresca was the right man to replace the legendary manager. That should give City fans some comfort as they embark on this new adventure.
Today is an opportunity for Maresca to set his stall out. His responses to questions about replacing Guardiola and the futures of some of his City stars will be studied closely, as will his approach to transfers.
City fans can expect to end today with a better understanding of what the next chapter looks like.
Stay tuned for updates…
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams have unveiled two alternate uniforms designed to connect the current team to its rich California history.
At an event for season-ticket holders next to SoFi Stadium on Thursday night, the Rams revealed a new uniform that pays tribute to their 1951 NFL championship team with a yellow jersey and blue satin numerals in the style used 75 years ago. The Rams then introduced a white alternate uniform with blue numerals emulating the Rams’ primary look during the 1960s, an era best known for the team’s Fearsome Foursome defensive front.
The uniform with yellow jerseys and white pants is dubbed “Classic Sol,” while the all-white alternates with blue numerals are called “Fearsome White.” The Rams will still wear the three uniforms they used last season as well, including their main home and away looks along with their all-black “Midnight Mode” Rivalries uniform.
The Rams will debut their Classic Sol look on Monday night at home in Week 2 against the New York Giants, and they’ll come out again for a high-profile Thursday night home showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs in December. The Fearsome White uniforms will come out on Thanksgiving Eve for a home game against the Green Bay Packers.
While designing these long-anticipated alternates over the past several years, the Rams’ creative team focused on creating throwbacks with modern twists that will remind and educate the 21st-century fan about the franchise’s roots.
Cory Befort, the Rams’ creative executive director, said fans have repeatedly expressed interest in uniforms that would amplify the historic achievements of a franchise that has relocated several times, but still spent most of its existence in Southern California.
“It felt like it was time, but we wanted to do it with intention and meet the moment,” Befort said.
The Rams spent 49 years in Southern California before former owner Georgia Frontiere moved them to her native St. Louis in January 1995. New owner Stan Kroenke brought the Rams back home in 2016, and he opened their multibillion-dollar stadium complex in Inglewood in 2020.
The Rams were founded in Cleveland in 1937, but moved out west in 1946 to become Los Angeles’ most significant major professional sports team to that point. They subsequently won the city’s first major pro sports championship in 1951, beating the Cleveland Browns in the NFL title game at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
That team celebrated its victories at a bar called Tom Bergin’s in the Fairfax district, and it even donated a championship banner to the still-operating Irish tavern. The wordmark used in the Rams’ Classic Sol throwbacks is pulled directly off that banner, and the numerals are designed to mimic the 1951 jerseys.
Even the blue numerals and shoulder stripes themselves are throwbacks: The creative team decided to use authentic satin, which doesn’t stretch like modern uniform material, so the satin stripes are sewn individually onto pieces of gold polyester to prevent excessive ripping and tearing.
“These uniforms are a celebration and reminder of the moments and people that built the Rams into what and who we are today,” Rams chief marketing officer Kat Frederick said. “Every detail was intentionally designed to honour the grit and greatness of our history while delivering a modern look for today’s players and fans.”
The Fearsome Whites are topped by a helmet with a white horn and a white facemask in a departure from the usual blue facemask, while the jersey shoulders have their own small numerals and a continuous blue stripe, just like the 1960s look. The blue chest numerals are outlined in black on the new jerseys.
The Rams launched a rebranding in 2020 for the opening of their new stadium, but never introduced their full NFL complement of five uniform alternatives — a “closet,” in league parlance — until now.
The Rams already unveiled a revamping of their primary uniforms from that rebranding earlier this year, notably eliminating the jersey numerals’ unique colour gradient — the fade on the colours at the bottom of the numbers — and dumping the nearly-white uniform colour called “Bone” in favour of a traditional white shade. The creative team also simplified its Ram head logo and monogram logo.
The team will alter its game presentation depending on which uniforms are being worn at SoFi, Befort said, with new field paint and stencilling along with additional changes that won’t be revealed until September.
Jurgen Klopp will make his return to management for the first time since leaving Liverpool as the new head coach of the Germany national team, it has been confirmed.
Klopp cited fatigue when he left Liverpool in 2024 but said he is now “recharged”. The 59-year-old has been appointed in the aftermath of Germany’s disappointing World Cup campaign, which saw them exit at the last-32 stage following a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay.
Given the manner of their exit, former coach Julian Nagelsmann was asked to resign by the German football association DFB who then pursued talks with Klopp to become the next head coach.
“The national team brings us Germans together like almost nothing else can. That’s what makes this task so special for me,” Klopp said at his unveiling in Frankfurt on Friday morning.
The DFB announced that Klopp had reached “an agreement on the key points” of a deal to take over the national team on Saturday 11 July, following talks in New York, with a contract up to the 2030 World Cup now signed.
Klopp managed Liverpool for nine years taking charge in October 2015 before departing at the end of the 2024 season having won both the Premier League and Champions League with the Reds
His most recent role was as Red Bull’s Head of Global Soccer, a position he held since January 2025, overseeing Red Bull’s network of clubs—including RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg, and the New York Red Bulls.
Most recently he has been working as a pundit during the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada and created headlines by suggesting that Deniz Undav should start ahead of Jamal Musiala and then saying that “Julian Nagelsmann is still picking the team – for now.”
Klopp was called out over the “for now” comment by former German players and apologised saying he felt like “punching himself in the face”.
Following these incidents and ahead of Nagelsmann’s resignation, the 59-year-old played coy about the prospect of replacing him by saying: “I understand that when the national coach position is discussed, my name is mentioned in some form but it’s not the moment to really talk about it.”
Klopp’s national team ambitions were well known during the World Cup and his contract with Red Bull included a special exit clause designed specifically so that he could take on the Germany job should it become available.
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