Jürgen Klinsmann has already left for his home country of the United States after ending his country's bid to win the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years. It comes just two days after he returned to South Korea following the semifinal loss to Jordan.

According to the Korea Football Association on Wednesday, Klinsmann left for the United States, where he lives, the day before. No date has been set for his return.

Shortly after returning to Incheon International Airport from the Asian Cup in Qatar on Aug. 8, Klinsmann told reporters that he would return home next week for rest. Many soccer fans were outraged by Klinsmann's comments at the time, and his unannounced departure from South Korea has been met with increasing criticism. Two days after returning home with the team, Klinsmann left South Korea for his own home. At the time, Klinsmann said that he planned to take a short break before traveling to Europe to check on his international players. There was a lot of skepticism about overhauling the proven European resources that had been with him throughout the Asian Cup. The criticism was that he would be "gutting" the players' performances in Europe when he should be reviewing the national team's tactics and the tournament as a whole.

The Korean Football Association will meet after the Lunar New Year holiday to review the Asian Cup and discuss the national team's operations. It's likely that Klinsmann, who has just returned to South Korea, will not be part of this meeting.

Klinsmann's team came into the Asian Cup with hopes of winning the tournament for the first time in 64 years, but it ended in failure with a 0-2 loss to Jordan in the quarterfinals. Klinsmann's squad was considered one of the strongest in history, with the likes of Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), but the team was knocked out in the semifinals amid a radio controversy throughout the tournament. 

This led to a petition in the National Assembly calling for Klinsmann's dismissal, arguing that he should not be allowed to continue 안전놀이터 in charge of the national team after controversies over working from home and traveling abroad before the Asian Cup.

However, Klinsmann dismissed the resignation. "I don't think you can call reaching the semifinals a failure. Now we have to prepare for the 2026 North and Central American World Cup," he said on his return, making it clear that he had no intention of resigning.