Ex-Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, Clocks-in As Head of Operations, Red Bull
*Takes charge on January 1, 2025.
Successful ex-Liverpool Football Club manager, Jurgen Klopp, is set to take over as head of operations, Red Bull, owners of Leipzig, Salzburg and the New York Clubs.
The disclosure is contained in a statement released Wednesday by the company.
The statement added however, that Kloop, 57, will begin his new job on January 1, 2025 and will not be interfering in the daily affairs of the club's.
“After nearly 25 years on the sidelines, I couldn’t be more excited to be involved in a project like this,” said Klopp.
The German football tactician, who left Liverpool, last premiership season after nine years quality coaching career, is expected to handle what the Austrian energy drinks brand described as "... a higher-level strategic position.”
“I couldn’t be more excited. I see my role primarily as a mentor for the coaches and management of the Red Bull clubs," he said.
His contract, according to reports, includes an exit clause which allows him to take over as manager of the German national side in the event he is approached.
Klopp, who has also coached Borussia Dortmund, brought life back to Liverpool, gathering the Premier League and Champions League trophies as manager
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