Jürgen Klopp has only been out of work for less than three months since he left at the end of his Liverpool FC contract and he’s been linked to various coaching gigs, including Bayern Munich after Thomas Tuchel left. It hasn’t taken the former Borussia Dortmund coach long to find a new job: Red Bull Football Group’s Global Head of Football.
Klopp will begin his new role at the start of next year as per Sky Sports Germany journo Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) and he has already signed a long-term deal. His job will be advising all Red Bull teams (Leipzig, Salzburg, New York, etc.) on coaching matters, playing philosophy, development and transfers of talents/head coaches and more. Oliver Mintzlaff, RB’s managing director, was determined to get Klopp.
The interesting part of this deal is that the 57-year-old German secured an exit clause in his contract that will allow him to take over the German national football team should current manager Julian Nagelsmann vacate the post for any reason. This is a huge step for Red Bull’s football clubs, and it will be interesting to see how Klopp influences their teams.
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