Coaching legend Jurgen Klopp has the change to Red Bull Group defended and thus responded to the criticism in recent weeks. “It was always clear to me that I wasn’t going to do nothing. And then the Red Bull story came onto the table. “So for me it’s outstanding, I have to be honest,” said Klopp Podcast “Just Lupp” from the brothers Toni and Felix Kroos.
Klopp will be in the RB football cosmos from January 1, 2025 „Head of Global Soccer“ be active and at the same time one strategic position take. Football romantics in particular are critical of Klopp’s decision. The point of criticism: The shower company is using its millions to buy its success, and football is only used to advertise an energy drink.
Klopp sees it differently. When he was in the Champions League When we played against RB Leipzig, there wasn’t a player there that every other club couldn’t have had, explained Klopp. Players like Willi Orban, Kevin Kampl and Yussuf Poulsen are “absolute club legends”. In addition, young players are like Dayot Upamecano, Ibrahim Konate and Christopher Nkunku that anyone else could have had. “That’s just the way it is,” emphasized Klopp.
“It has to be said clearly that I have never followed the Red Bull story so critically,” he said 57 year oldwho is at his coaching stations with FSV Mainz 05at Borussia Dortmund and that Liverpool FC had become a fan favorite.
Klopp: “Love all my former clubs”
After Klopp’s move became official, Mainz Fans at their club’s game against RB Leipzig protested with banners against the involvement of their former coach. “I certainly didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. And I personally love all of my former clubs,” said Klopp, adding: “I don’t know exactly what I could have done so that everyone would have been happy.”