The Klopp clan reacts to Riquelme’s comments sending him to Real Madrid

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By: Manu Tournoux

Real Madrid’s presidential campaign continues to raise tension around the future Madrid coach. Driven by his ambitions, candidate Enrique Riquelme recently showed his desire to entrust the position to Jürgen Klopp, presented as the priority of his sporting project. In a press release, he insists on the symbolic dimension of the German technician, supposed to embody “competitive intensity” And “the daily requirement” of a new cycle at the Bernabéu, while announcing that a first contact would be considered via Raúl González in the event of an electoral victory.

But at the same time, the response from the Klopp clan clearly cooled this hypothesis. According to information reported by Sky Sporthis agent Marc Kosicke closed the door to this possibility, estimating the situation “annoying” and recalling that the German coach is fully committed to his role within Red Bull: “Jürgen Klopp is happy in his role at Red Bull and has no ambition to work as a coach at a club. » The message is clear: the Real Madrid file is, at this stage, completely closed, Klopp remaining focused on his current project, with a possible future priority oriented towards the German selection rather than an immediate return to a club bench. Riquelme shouldn’t like it so much…