Klinsmann, who won the 1990 tournament with Germany as a player before leading Die Mannschaft as coach to third place at the 2006 World Cup, has called on one of his closest friends to scout his chances of taking over as Australia boss.
Newscorp reports the 53-year-old made an inquiry to Football Federation Australia about the role after Ange Postecoglou stood down in late November, only days after leading Australia to its fourth consecutive World Cup, in June/July 2018.
However, Klinsmann's potential wage demands could be a major roadblock to his hopes of taking the reigns in Russia.
As well as leading Germany to third place at the 2006 World Cup, Klinsmann has also guided the US to the round-of-16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He was sacked as US coach in November 2016 after a run of poor results which ultimately lead to the side missing World Cup qualification for the first time since 1986.
Klinsmann, who was born on 30 July 1964 in Göppingen near Stuttgart, has coached 132 international matches during his career winning 75.
