Jurgen Klopp’s choice of new employer has not gone down particularly well with fans of his previous clubs, after the Liverpool legend agreed to join Red Bull as its Global Head of Soccer.
The former Reds boss has been out of work since leaving Liverpool at the end of last season but will continue his journey in soccer from January next year.
RB Leipzig is a hugely disliked team among rival fans in Germany due its ownership structure, and the move has not gone down well with fans of Mainz and Borussia Dortmund in particular. Klopp spent seven years at each club.
RB Leipzig didn’t exist as a club until 2009, when Red Bull took control of fifth-tier SSV Markranstadt, then changed the team’s name as well as the colour of its kit. With the help of massive investment, RB Leipzig soared up the leagues and was competing in the Champions League within 10 years.
To see Klopp, who has just departed a club that is known for its socialist values in Liverpool, accept a role in the Red Bull set-up has not gone down well with fans who previously admired the German.
Freelance Bundesliga reporter Archie Rhind-Tutt revealed some of the messages that he had received from Dortmund supporters in the wake of the news. Posting on X, he wrote: “If you want an idea of how this is going down in Dortmund… a flavour of the comments from BVB fans to me this morning: Football is dead; He’s absolutely dead to me; That makes me sick.”
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