Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, now 57, has accepted the role of global director of football for the Red Bull brand.
Klopp held his first press conference as global director of football at Red Bull after leaving his role at Liverpool. The former manager discussed what motivated him to leave the English club and his acceptance of this new professional challenge.
Regarding his departure from Liverpool, Klopp did not specify the reasons for his decision, but his response was unequivocal.
“There’s one thing you can’t accuse me of: I’ve always said I love what I do. Always. However, the moment I feel like I’m not the right man for work – and this has always been the case at every club I have been to, Mainz, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool – so I speak up I value honesty, and after realizing that. It was enough, I left,” he began.
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-The German spoke about his current responsibilities and assured that he had no difficulty adapting, considering himself a curious person.
“It wasn’t really a big deal. I had a few meetings and was listening to some things about it, but the truth is I didn’t have any plans for the future, not even in that sense. When I was coaching I was 100% in. I always wanted the best version of myself as a coach, but when you’re in a job like the one I had for 24 or 25 years, It’s super intense. fact is that I am a very curious person and I could no longer see this aspect game after game I was not extremely happy I always want to learn new things, and when I realized this I knew to. that moment it was the right step for me,” he concluded, as quoted in the newspaper ‘Kicker’.
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It is worth noting that Jurgen Klopp is now part of Red Bull, which owns Leipzig (Germany), Salzburg (Austria), New York Red Bull (USA) and Bragantino (Brazil).
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