Has Klopp damaged his legacy by joining Red Bull?
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Jurgen Klopp has a new job, but it’s not in management.
The former Liverpool manager begins work as Red Bull’s head of global soccer from January 1, 2025.
So how has a football ‘romantic’ ended up working for one of the world’s biggest corporations?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Seb Stafford-Bloor and Simon Hughes
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Mike Stavrou
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| 1:20.6 | Juergen Klopp has a new job, but it's not in management. |
| 1:24.8 | From 1st of January 2025, I will be head of global soccer of Red Bull, and I'm really |
| 1:30.5 | looking forward to that. |
| 1:32.2 | So how has a football romantic ended up working for one of the world's biggest corporations? |
| 1:50.4 | I'm joined by the Athletics German football correspondent Seb Staford Blur and I'm joined by the Athletics German football correspondent Seb Stafford Bloer and our Liverpool writer Simon Hughes as well. |
| 1:51.7 | Simon, let's get into this. |
| 2:00.5 | You know, you reported in your piece on The Athletic today that the co-founder of Red Bull held a meeting with Klopp all the way back in September 2022. |
| 2:04.5 | Are we to believe that this might have been something in the workings for a little while, Simon? |
| 2:06.5 | I think it most certainly was. |
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