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Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 57-year-old German will begin the role on 1 January 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cA few months ago I said I don\u2019t see myself on the sidelines any more and that is still the case,\u201d Klopp said on Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I still love football, I still love working and Red Bull gives me the perfect platform for that.\u201d<\/p>\n Energy drinks brand Red Bull owns RB Leipzig in Germany\u2019s Bundesliga, Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls, as well as Brazilian side Red Bull Bragantino.<\/p>\n It also took a minority stake in Championship side Leeds and became the club\u2019s front-of-shirt sponsor earlier this year.<\/p>\n Red Bull says Klopp will not be involved in day-to-day operations but will advise teams on playing philosophy, transfer strategy and coaching development.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to share the experiences I have collected over the years,\u201d said Klopp.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know there are more successful managers out there but in my career I have fought for promotion, fought for titles and I have fought for trophies.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes we failed, sometimes we succeeded and dealing with that is not easy, but it is possible.<\/p>\n \u201cThen I want to learn again. Because when you are in the job and you have to play every three days you barely have the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to see, feel and figure out what is useful for football, developing football a little bit as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Oliver Mintzlaff, the company\u2019s CEO of corporate projects and investments, said: \u201cJurgen Klopp is one of the greatest and most influential figures in world soccer, with extraordinary skills and charisma.<\/p>\n \u201cIn his role as head of soccer, he will be a game-changer for our involvement in international soccer and its continued development.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Former Liverpool boss Klopp takes Red Bull role<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Former Liverpool boss Klopp takes Red Bull role<\/a> appeared first on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull. The 57-year-old German will begin the role on 1 January 2025. \u201cA few months ago I said I don\u2019t see myself on the sidelines any more and that is still the case,\u201d Klopp said on Instagram. \u201cBut I still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}