Jurgen Klopp is prepared to accept the Germany job after Julian Nagelsmann has stepped down from the role.Nagelsmann was brutally told to quit or be sacked after a shock World Cup defeat on penalties to Paraguay in the round of 32.Klopp looks likely to replace Nagelsmann as Germany managerGettyThe former Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig manager was understood to be keen to stay on.But following a meeting, the DfB [German FA] told the 38-year-old decided to quit.Sources have told talkSPORT that Klopp has already been approached for the role and is ready to accept the job.Klopp has a break clause in his Head of Global Soccer job at Red Bull allowing him to leave for the Germany job.Writing on the wall for NagelsmannAfter group stage exits in 2018 and 2022, it was another poor World Cup performance for Germany, as they lost their first knockout match of the 2026 tournament. The defeat on penalties was also Germany’s first at a World Cup for the first time in their history.Jonathan Tah missed a decisive sudden-death penalty on Monday night, which allowed Jose Canale to fire Paraguay to a shock 4-3 shootout win after the knockout game had finished 1-1.After Kai Havertz and Nick Woltemade both missed earlier on in the shootout, the South American nation passed up their first two opportunities to win the marathon match.Antonio Sanabria and Fabian Balbuena failed to convert, as Germany dragged themselves level to force sudden death.Klopp’s futureKlopp is currently under contract with Red Bull until the end of 2029.He has been linked with multiple jobs this summer, but each link has been dismissed by his agent.Klopp looks set to return to management with GermanyAFPKlopp’s name was mentioned for the Real Madrid job before Jose Mourinho returned to the Bernabeu.He was also believed to be a target for Al Ittihad, but those were quickly dismissed.“It’s annoying,” Klopp’s agent Marc Kosike told Sky Germany. “Jurgen Klopp is happy in his role at Red Bull and has no ambitions to work as a coach at a club.”However, there has always been one job that he would leave Red Bull for. That is Germany.Klopp ‘perfect’ for Germany jobtalkSPORT’s European football expert, Andy Brassell, believes that Klopp would be perfect for the job.Brassell said: “This is the perfect time for Klopp… the German FA have had off-the-books talks with him for years.Paraguay became the first team to beat Germany on penalties at the World Cup, the Germans winning their previous four shootoutsgetty“If he was announced in a week, it wouldn’t knock me over. He’s someone who gets German football culture and someone who can unite the public behind the team. “You’re talking about a guy who’s massively popular within the culture and even before he was Dortmund coach.” Former Germany international Robert Huth has echoed those thoughts on Klopp, believing everyone would back him too.Klopp has been travelling around the USA watching World Cup gamesGettyHuth told talkSPORT: “I think 99 per cent of Germany would like Klopp in the manager’s seat, he represents everything they need at the moment – energy, passion, relentlessness. “It’s inevitable that Nagelsmann will go and I think Klopp would take it for sure, he’s loved by pretty much everyone.”Nagelsmann vowed to fight onSpeaking after his side were knocked out in the last 32, the manager confirmed he would not resign.Days later he stepped down from the job.“I am not someone who runs away,” Nagelsmann said. “This is not the first time this has happened, and there are some things about today that need to be changed. But if the DFB wants me to continue I am going to continue.“I know the mechanics of football. I know how the industry works. I know a lot of people will want me to leave, but I would love to continue if the DFB wants me to.”Nagelsmann was appointed Germany boss in 2023, replacing Hansi Flick in the role.Has Julian Nagelsmann taken charge of his final Germany game?GettyIn his first major tournament, Euro 2024, he led Germany to the semi-finals of the home tournament, where they were beaten by eventual winners Spain after extra time.Despite missing out on glory, he was awarded a new contract until Euro 2028 in January 2025 but Klopp appears primed to replace him.The iconic former Liverpool boss has not managed since his Anfield departure in 2024, and has never coached internationally.Klopp is currently working for Red Bull as their head of global soccer, a role he has held since the start of last year.Despite his new role, where he earns an estimated £8-10million, and stating previously he does not ‘miss coaching’, Klopp has been linked to a swathe of vacancies across Europe’s elite.Meanwhile, talkSPORT’s Ally McCoist previously tipped him to take charge of either England or Germany as his next role.More German miseryGermany’s shock exit sees their World Cup woes continue. The footballing giants have been eliminated early on each occasion since their 2014 triumph.In both 2018 and 2022, they failed to progress beyond the group stage, but sailed through to the knockouts this time around.Germany have not won a World Cup knockout game since they won it in 2014GettyNagelsmann’s side had topped Group E to banish their past demons, but looked far from the challengers they were expected to be against Paraguay.They struggled to break down their South American opponents, only managing to force extra-time thanks to Havertz’s second-half equaliser.And while Germany suffered unwanted history as they finally fell victim to a World Cup shootout defeat, their opponents celebrated a first of their own.Paraguay had never won a World Cup knockout match before, and will now face France in Philadelphia on Saturday for a place in the quarter-finals.