Klopp will become head of football at Red Bull

Jurgen Klopp is set to make his return to football as head of global football at Red Bull. liverpool The manager is taking up his role on January 1, 2025.

Klopp, 57, will oversee Red Bull’s network of clubs, and although he will not be involved in their day-to-day running, he will help with strategic vision, assist sporting directors, support their global scouting operation and also help with training. do. and developing trainers.

This will be his first official role in football since leaving Liverpool at the end of the 2023–24 season after nine hugely successful years at Anfield. Multiple reports in German media state that Klopp has a break clause in his contract Germany Men’s national team jobs will become available after the 2026 World Cup.

Klopp will bring years of experience to this role and will be successful Mainz, borussia dortmund And Liverpool. In his role, he will work across their portfolio of clubs, which includes RB leipzig, New York Red Bulls, red bull bragantino and recent acquisitions Omiya Ardija In Japan.

fc salzburg, Managed by his former assistant coach Pep Lijndershave distanced themselves from this branch of the company due to UEFA regulations and are solely sponsored by the company.

“After almost 25 years on the sidelines, I couldn’t be more excited to be involved in a project like this,” Klopp said. “The role may have changed, but my passion for football and the people who make this game haven’t.

“By joining Red Bull on a global scale, I want to develop, improve and support the incredible football talent we have. There are a number of ways we can do this by harnessing the specific knowledge and experience that Red Bull has. Learning from other sports and other industries.

“Together we can discover what is possible. I see my role primarily as a mentor to the coaches and management of Red Bull Clubs but ultimately I am part of an organization that is unique, innovative and visionary Like I said, it couldn’t make me more excited.”

Klopp wins at Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga twice (2011, 2012), and the DFB-Pokal (2012). With Liverpool, he claimed the 2019–20 Premier League A title ending a 30-year drought, the 2022 FA Cup and the 2019 Champions League, as well as two League Cup wins (2022 and 2024).

“We are extremely proud of this outstanding and certainly the strongest signing in Red Bull’s football history,” said Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO of Corporate Projects and Investments at Red Bull. “Jurgen Klopp is one of the greatest and most influential figures in world football, with extraordinary skill and charisma.

“In his role as Head of Football, he will be a game changer for our participation in international football and its continued development. We will collectively and individually provide valuable and decisive impetus in key areas to make the clubs even better. “Looking forward to it.”

clopp Left Liverpool at the end of last seasonHe said he needed a break from the daily grind of management. He took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce his move to Red Bull.

“I still love football and I still love working and Red Bull gives me the perfect platform for that,” Klopp said. said in a video on Instagram,

“I want to share my experience… I want to learn again, because when you are in a job and playing every three days you hardly have time for it, and now I have time. I want to see, feel, understand what is useful for football,” he said.

Despite previously being linked with the vacant place, he vowed to take a long break from the game United States of America Role of men. But he will return to the role with Red Bull, a role previously played by Ralf Rangnick, and is set to be unveiled in mid-January.