Germany’s new coach Juergen Klopp has expressed happiness in his new role and believes he he would would have a great time with the German national team.

The German football association (DFB) announced on ​Friday that the former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund manager has been handed the task of leading the national team into a new era after another disappointing World ‌Cup campaign.

Klopp replaces Julian Nagelsmann, who left the role after Germany’s penalty shootout defeat by Paraguay in the round of 32, a result that extended the country’s run of poor World Cup performances following group-stage exits in 2018 and 2022.

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“The national team can connect us Germans like hardly anything else. That’s exactly what makes this task so special for me,” Klopp, who had been working as Red Bull’s ​global head of soccer, said in a statement.

“I am grateful for everything I have experienced and learned in the last year and a half at Red ​Bull and for the openness that has made this agreement possible in the first place.

“Now I am looking forward to this ⁠special task in German football, which we will tackle together with humility and patience: to develop a team that fights for each other, that enjoys football, and behind which ​the people of our country can rally with full conviction.”