Julian Nagelsmann resigns as head coach of the Germany national football team after a round-of-16 World Cup elimination by Paraguay that ended 1-1 before a 4-3 penalty shootout in Foxborough near Boston.The German Football Association accepted the resignation after a three-hour crisis meeting at its Frankfurt headquarters attended by Bernd Neuendorf, Andreas Rettig, Rudi Völler and Hans-Joachim Watzke, and Nagelsmann leaves despite earlier offers to reconsider.Jürgen Klopp is widely reported as the leading candidate to replace Nagelsmann and former players including
Lutz Pfannenstiel argue the deeper issue is weak player development, prompting calls for long-term investment from the federation.