Jurgen Klopp still walks on water for the vast majority of Liverpool fans.

His decision to stay for two more years was one of the few highlights of a turbulent season.

He’ll leave one day, of course, but not to another English club. But to his country?

Ending his career in charge of Germany has always seemed a likely and logical step, perhaps after a sabbatical at the end of his Anfield tenure.

But the word from Germany is that his countrymen want him to cancel any such itinerary, skip the sabbatical and come home now.

Largely unnoticed by Kopites whose attention has turned to the transfer window, the German national team is in a mess.

And their fans want coach Hansi Flick out and Klopp in.

Since beating Peru 2-0 in their first post World Cup game, Germany has lost to Belgium, Poland and Colombia, and drawn with Ukraine.

It hosts the European Championships next year and this is no way to build up for it.

The tournament offers the ideal opportunity to banish memories of group stage exits in two successive World Cups.

Qatar was unfortunate as it came on that dramatic day when Spain and Japan squeezed through with Germany going out on goal difference.

But this shouldn’t be happening to four-time World Cup winners and three-time European champions.

Football was once famously described as a game played by 22 men which the Germans always ended up winning.

These days they can’t even beat the mediocrities.

Flick blamed “outside pressures” for their demise, adding “players should never be subjected to that again.”

But it’s the coach who’s feeling the pressure now amid anger and frustration.

Flick, 58, won his first eight games after completing the treble with Bayern Munich.

But the mood has changed with Klopp topping an online poll with 47% of the vote to Flick’s 11%. Julian Nagelsmann was second with 17%.

Fortunately for the hosts, they don’t have to qualify for the 2024 Euros, but on home soil nothing less than victory will be acceptable.

On this form another premature exit looks more likely: the sauerkraut is in a pickle.

According to German media, the football association (DFB) is exploring all options for a potential replacement for Flick before the Euros.

And Die Bild newspaper, who ran the poll, sent an SOS for Klopp to quit Liverpool and take over from Flick.

Ex-Liverpool star Didi Hamann has also called for the DFB to act now, claiming Flick had “lost the trust of his players.”

But he mentioned only Nagelsmann, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane as possible successors.

Hamann knows what the club means to Klopp (and vice-versa) and would not countenance the possibility of his compatriot walking out.

So, too, Klopp’s agent Marc Kosicke when asked about it.

“Jurgen has a long-term contract with LFC, and the DBF has a coach – so it’s not a topic for us at all,” he said.

Klopp doesn’t break contracts and gave short shrift to the DFB when it sounded him out just after Joachim Low resigned.

But what should reassure Liverpool fans most of all is the commitment Klopp is showing to the task of building Liverpool 2.0 under his command.

His contract renewal was a surprise to those who felt he would have had enough by the end of next season.

Many thought that winning every trophy and restoring the club to its perch was too hard an act to follow.

Nor is he deterred by the apparent invincibility of moneybags Manchester City.

Ever since he walked through the Shankly Gates in 2015, he has felt as if he belonged.

And in that time, he’s been given the Freedom of Liverpool and become an honorary Scouser.

And he now sees that he has unfinished business: like Shankly, he must build a second great Liverpool side.

He once quipped: “The only thing that could drive me out is the weather.”

Well, having survived whatever the Irish Sea has thrown at him, as well as the squalls that come with the territory, he looks good until 2026 at least.

As Liverpool’s epic attempt at the quad took its toll early last season, there were times when you thought he might need a break.

For the first time in eight years, there were critics and some good judges questioned his tactics and team selection.

But to all but a few, he is the greatest Liverpool manager since the immortal Bill Shankly, and a day of mourning would surely be declared by Kopites when he does leave.

But now Klopp has reportedly regained his mojo, is excited by the challenge ahead and the new blood that has begun to arrive.

Alexis Mac Allister should be the first of many recruits this summer.

He has renewed his partnership with FSG’s managing director Mike Gordon, with whom he enjoys “a great relationship”.

And looks forward to welcoming compatriot Jorg Schmadtke as the new director of football.

The way Liverpool finished last season and the experiment of playing Trent Alexander-Arnold in a midfield role have also been positives.

Klopp has had a wonderful era at Liverpool and wouldn’t want it to end with a whimper.

He feels that FSG will afford him sufficient backing to rejig the side and win more trophies before a newly-enlarged – and even louder – Anfield.

The only way you could see him answering his country’s call before he’s ready is if things go badly awry next season.

It would take a dire start – even worse than the last one – with the new boys not fitting in, yet more injuries and a couple of bad beatings for the fans to turn on him.

Klopp is a tough man but a sensitive soul – he may blame himself and decide the time has come.

But you can’t see that happening.

Liverpool fans can sleep easy: for the foreseeable future, Klopp is putting club before country.

And the EPL as a whole should be grateful for that.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of FMT.