Jurgen Klinsmann Responds to Bob Bradley's Comments over USMNT Manager's Job

Jurgen Klinsmann has hit back at Bob Bradley's claims that he was "jockeying" for his job as United States manager back in 2010, a year before he succeeded the now Swansea City boss in the role. 

Per the Sun's Phil Cadden, Bradley claimed, as he was unveiled as the new Swansea boss last week, that Klinsmann played a big role in getting him fired from the USMNT in 2011 after five years in the top job.

However, despite criticising Bradley during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and subsequently succeeding him as U.S. boss, Klinsmann insisted the claims from the 58-year-old had no truth to them, per Cadden: "It’s simply not true. I could have taken the [U.S.] job in 2006. I could have taken it in 2010, and then we get together again in 2011 and finally figured a way to make this happen. I was not jockeying anything."

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Bradley earned himself a solid reputation on the world stage during his five years as USMNT manager and has subsequently gone on to manage Egypt, Stabaek in Norway and Le Havre in France.

He has now succeeded Francesco Guidolin in the top job with Swansea, breaking new ground for American managers in European football, per NBC Sports' Joe Prince-Wright:

German Klinsmann, 52, is currently with his United States side in Washington, D.C., ahead of their friendly clash with New Zealand on Tuesday.

November will be a crucial month for the USMNT as they begin the Hexagonal—the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia—with matches against Mexico and Costa Rica.