The announcement had the effect of a small bombshell. Without a contract since his departure from Liverpool last June, Jürgen Klopp has officially found a job. Indeed, from next January, the 57-year-old German technician will occupy the position of football boss within the Red Bull group. “Jürgen Klopp will take up the new role of Director of Global Football at Red Bull, effective January 1, 2025. It is his first appointment since leaving Premier League giant Liverpool after a successful stint. In his new role, the charismatic German will oversee Red Bull’s international network of football clubs. He will not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the clubs, but will provide strategic vision, helping individual sporting directors to advance the Red Bull philosophy. Additionally, the 57-year-old will support the organization’s global recruiting operations and contribute to coaching training and development.we could read in the press release.
After words, it’s time to act because the German clearly intends to strike hard for the multinational based in Austria. As a reminder, the latter currently owns RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Bragantino, Red Bull New York and is preparing to get its hands on Paris FC alongside the Arnault family, at the head of the group luxury LVMH. “After almost 25 years of coaching, I’m excited to get involved in a project like this. My role may have changed, but my passion for football and the people who make the sport what it is has not. By joining Red Bull globally, I want to develop, improve and support the incredible football talent we have. We can achieve this in many ways, using Red Bull’s elite knowledge and experience or learning from other sports and industries. Together we can discover what is possible”Klopp had also declared in the last few hours to justify his new cap.
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Determined to use his network and his knowledge of football to continue to grow the Red Bull group, the native of Stuttgart has, with this in mind, already targeted four names who could come to strengthen one entities mentioned above. Indeed, according to the latest information fromEL Nacionalthe former Borussia Dortmund technician got to work and organized a two-hour meeting with Deco, current sporting director of FC Barcelona. The reason? The German would like to attract four players currently playing for Barcelona but who have still not managed to establish themselves in the first team, led by Hans-Dieter Flick. The first of them is none other than the Spanish crack, Aleix Garrido, only 20 years old. Captain of the reserve, the latter had even made his debut with the pros under the orders of Xavi but injuries ultimately cut short his rise. Today doubled by Unai Hernández, Marc Casadó, Marc Bernal, even Guille Fernández, the promising 1m70 midfielder could then be seduced by a new project. And it’s not the only one.
Still according to the indiscretions of the Catalan media, Klopp is also interested in the profile of Noah Darvich. Trained in Fribourg, the German U21 international landed at Barça a little over a year ago but never had the opportunity to taste the joys of the first team. Considered as a bet on the future and recruited for 2.5 million euros, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder does not leave the future architect of the Red Bull group indifferent. In addition to the two Barcelona nuggets, the former Mainz player is finally targeting Álex Valle, 20-year-old left back, and Dani Rodríguez, 19-year-old left winger. If the first mentioned, currently on loan to Celtic, only has rare minutes in the left lane of the Scottish team’s defense, the second recently extended his lease with the Culers. However, and without any real guarantee of establishing themselves in the big leagues, these two men could also be convinced by a new opportunity. It now remains to be seen whether Jürgen Klopp will achieve his goals and in which club(s) of the Red Bull group these four nuggets will rebound…
