Overview
- RTL confirmed that Kloeppel will support its on-site broadcast team in Chicago on Saturday for Germany’s friendly against the USA, a final test before the World Cup.
- The station’s live coverage begins at 19:05 CET and Kloeppel will report from the host country rather than from the studio.
- He will appear alongside moderator Florian König, expert Lothar Matthäus and commentator Wolff Fuss to provide context and interviews from the venue.
- Kloeppel remains in retirement in Florida and has said he will not return to daily anchoring, accepting only occasional, high-profile assignments.
- Broadcasters expect his presence to draw viewers and add mainstream-news perspective to sports coverage as a rehearsal for the North American World Cup.