Jürgen Klopp wants his Germany team to reclaim national pride from ‘the wrong people’

• Comments follow far-right election win in Saxony-Anhalt

• ‘I’d like to reclaim the flag for myself and for us,’ he says

Jürgen Klopp has said Germany’s football team can help ensure “national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people” after a recent far-right AfD election victory.

In a Frankfurt press conference announcing his first Germany squad, the former Liverpool manager referenced a recent state election win by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party.