RB Leipzig follows a football idea, and not a money idea, as Jürgen Klopp explained in an interview with the German Football League in 2022 – back then, no one could have known that he would one day become “Head of Global Soccer” at Red Bull himself. Klopp will take up this position at the beginning of next year, which is sometimes viewed very critically in fan circles.
Has the self-proclaimed traditionalist betrayed his ideals? Is he “allowed” to just sign up for a lot of money at RB? And what’s behind this personality that Red Bull celebrates as the company’s “strongest signing in football history”?
:From now on, the face of the can
Jürgen Klopp will be “Head of Global Soccer” at Red Bull from January 2025. Traditionalists are horrified, but what sounds like a cultural break has plausible reasons from Klopp’s point of view. The commitment is a coup for the group.
There are many weighty questions surrounding the figure of Jürgen Klopp – and where better to discuss them than in the SZ football talk “And now about sport”. This time, moderator Jonas Beckenkamp chats with the “Kloppologists” Felix Haselsteiner and Philipp Schneider about the image of the former Mainz and Dortmund savior, about morality in the big football business and about the future plans of a man who actually no longer wants to be a coach.
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