The German coach Jurgen Kloppwho was a technician of the Liverpool Until last season, he was named the new “global head of football” for the Austrian multinational energy drinks company. Red Bull, owner and sponsor of several sports clubs throughout the world, a position she will hold starting in January 2025 and for a period of five years.
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Within the company, the charismatic German coach will be mainly responsible for the international network and the strategic direction of all the football teams operating under the tutelage of Red Bull, such as the LeipzigSalzburg, New York or the Brazilian Bragantino.
“There are many ways to achieve this, leveraging Red Bull’s elite knowledge and experience to learn from other sports and other industries. Together we can discover what is possible. I want to develop, improve and support the incredible football talent we have,” he explained. Klopp in a social media post Red Bull.
As detailed in the newspaper Bild from Germany and the television network sky sportsthe key figure behind the change is the CEO of Red Bull, Oliver Mintzlaff, responsible for all the company’s sports projects from 2022 and former executive director of Leipzig, who, according to the information, would have been behind the German coach for several months.
The German newspaper expands that Klopp’s new position “it should be a higher-level function, not a day-to-day job,” so that he “contributes his specialized knowledge, his experience and his charisma”, as a “mix of strategist, analyst and consultant on transfers, coaches and club development.”
The media itself adds that, with the new position and for the moment, “a new coaching position for Klopp is out of the question”, hence he has signed a five-year contract, which would not include “any exit clause in the contract”, not even for the position of national coach.
This situation would imply that, if after the 2026 World Cup, when the coach’s current relationship with Germany ends Julian Nagelsmann, If interest from the German Federation (DFB) in Klopp arises, he would first have to have the approval of Red Bull.
In September, the DFB sporting director, Rudi Völler, stated in an interview that “if Julian Nagelsmann ever decided to coach a top club again, then of course” they would consider hiring Jurgen Klopp, “if he wants it.”
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