‘You cannot make your decision depending on reactions’
Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp is to join Red Bull as its global head of soccer from next year. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Imagesas global head of soccer from next year after criticism from fans in Germany, saying the project was “outstanding” for him.
Fans in Mainz unfurled banners during a league game this month venting anger over Klopp’s decision. Klopp had spent 18 years as a Mainz player and then coach. More Than a Whistle: Who’d be a woman referee? You’d hear ‘You should be cooking the dinner,’ says one“You cannot make your decision depending on what reactions there will be,” Klopp told the podcast of the former Germany and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, published on Wednesday.
Klopp will not be involved in day-to-day operations but will act as adviser for the Red Bull-owned clubs in Germany, the United States, Brazil and Austria.
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