{"id":13304,"date":"2025-09-30T14:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/?p=13304"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:19:29","slug":"klopp-defends-red-bull-role-says-he-wont-return-to-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/?p=13304","title":{"rendered":"Klopp Defends Red Bull Role, Says He Won\u2019t Return to Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Liverpool manager <strong>J\u00fcrgen Klopp<\/strong> has broken his silence on his new position as <strong>Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull<\/strong>, addressing criticism while clarifying that a return to coaching is not on the horizon at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klopp, who stepped away from the Liverpool dugout in May after nearly a decade of success at Anfield, admitted he understands the divided reaction to his decision but insists the move allows him to contribute to football in a different way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t hurt anybody in this role. I\u2019m not competing against my old clubs. I\u2019m here to share knowledge, to help improve structures, and to build something sustainable,\u201d Klopp said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The 57-year-old confirmed that his work with Red Bull, which oversees clubs such as <strong>RB Leipzig<\/strong> and <strong>Red Bull Salzburg<\/strong> is more about <strong>strategy, scouting, and development<\/strong> than day-to-day management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for a coaching comeback, Klopp stressed patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t return this year, probably not next year either. But one day? Most likely, yes. I love football too much to say never.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Klopp\u2019s future has been the subject of speculation since leaving Liverpool, with his name linked to potential international roles and even Premier League rivals. For now, however, his focus remains on building Red Bull\u2019s global football project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp has broken his silence on his new position as Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull, addressing criticism while clarifying that a return to coaching is not on the horizon at least for now. Klopp, who stepped away from the Liverpool dugout in May after nearly a decade of success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[147,146,103,104,149,148,145],"class_list":["post-13304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","tag-coaching-news","tag-football-management","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool","tag-rb-leipzig","tag-rb-salzburg","tag-red-bull"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13306,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13304\/revisions\/13306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}