Early next week, Jürgen Klopp is expected to be officially inducted into his new role as global director of football at Red Bull at a press conference in Salzburg. Previously, the former Liverpool coach will make a short trip to Paris to attend for the first time a Paris FC match at Charléty, when Amiens visits, Saturday January 11 (2 p.m.) for the 18th day of League 2.
Having entered the capital of Paris FC with a 10.6% stake alongside the Arnault family, Red Bull, which has become a “sporting partner” of the current third in Ligue 2, already has regular discussions with the sports management. Two representatives of the Austrian firm joined the new board of directors, including Mario Gomez, its technical director since January 2022. With Elliott Williams, “Head of Scouting Operations”, the former German international from Bayern Munich is the privileged interlocutor from Paris FC to Red Bull, and has already traveled to Paris several times.
Friday, during the match against Martigues (1-2), for the first time, Red Bull signs were present around the field alongside the usual partners.
But with Jürgen Klopp’s visit to Charléty, a new step, certainly symbolic, will be taken between Paris FC and Red Bull, partners. The new global director of football at Red Bull will be present in the official forum alongside Antoine Arnault and Pierre Ferracci. If he will take advantage of his visit to physically meet several people from the club, no formal meeting is currently scheduled with management, staff or even a visit to the Orly facilities.
Klopp, who wants to gradually get his bearings in his new position, will first be in the discovery and observation phase this Saturday at Charléty during this express and discreet visit. If he should return to Paris in the coming weeks, he will already begin to prioritize files concerning the clubs in the Red Bull galaxy: RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg or RB Bragantino in Brazil. But Paris FC will inevitably benefit from its expertise, particularly on the improvement of the training and education center at Orly, the first project to which Red Bull is making its contribution and experience.
“I have already spoken with Jürgen Klopp. He is very excited at the prospect of working on the project and with the teams. There is both the sporting side which excites him but also I think the side of creating another story, building something else around this great Parisian project if only in terms of building brands” , explained Antoine Arnault during the press conference on November 20.
