Klopp says Germany must reclaim national pride from 'wrong people'
Klopp said football can help Germans express pride without associating it with extremism, as he named 16 uncapped players in a 44-man squad.
- On Thursday, Germany head coach Jurgen Klopp advocated for 'positive patriotism' during a press conference at the DFB Campus in Frankfurt, urging Germans to reclaim national pride from extremists.
- Klopp's remarks followed the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, when the far-right party trounced mainstream competitors and could form the first far-right state government in postwar Germany.
- Wearing an Adidas cap with German flag colors while unveiling a 44-man squad, Klopp argued that pride can coexist with openness: 'Can you be proud to be German and still be open, diverse, nice and friendly?' he asked.
- Franziska Hoppermann, secretary general of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats, welcomed Klopp's stance, telling Reuters: 'We all should, and are allowed to, wear our national colours with pride and confidence as symbols of our freedom.'
- The former Liverpool manager begins his tenure against the Netherlands on September 24, aiming to advance his vision of national identity amid ongoing far-right electoral challenges.
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Jürgen Klopp's cap carries a message for 83 million – "I don't want to leave national pride to the wrong people."
The new coach of the German national football team, Jürgen Klopp, said that sports can help create a sense of community in the country, saying that he does not want to leave national pride to the "wrong people", British media reported today.
One would hope that the sports world had finally learned its lesson after all the cringe-worthy virtue signaling of recent years. We all still remember the shameful debacle of the German team in Qatar, where the players posed with their hands over their mouths and fought for a rainbow armband, o...
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Juergen Klopp wants Germans to express national pride without being linked to extremism in remarks seen as a rebuke to the far-right AfD party.
In his cadre announcement, the new Bundestrainer formulates a sentence that shadows the eagerly awaited names of his 44 protégés. It's about patriotism, and someone in Berlin should have listened carefully.
Jürgen Klopp's first big appearance has not only a football dimension. He shows how to rethink patriotism – and finally electrified the tired middle.
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