Jurgen Klopp sent Red Bull F1 offer as ex-Liverpool boss prepares to start new role
Jurgen Klopp sent Red Bull F1 offer as ex-Liverpool boss prepares to start new role
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Jurgen Klopp has already been offered the opportunity to become more familiar with Formula 1 ahead of starting his new role as Red Bull's global head of soccer next month. Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has admitted he would 'love' to introduce Klopp to the team that is home to world champion Max Verstappen. Speaking in an interview with RTL/ntv and sport.de, Marko praised the addition of the former Liverpool manager and described his hiring as 'sensational'.
Klopp is set to officially begin his new role in the new year and is to be introduced at a press conference at the company's Austrian headquarters in Fuschl am See on January 14. The German coach stepped away from Anfield at the end of last season after running out of energy.
The ex-Borrusia Dortmund manager, who has been criticised for the move, is set to oversee Red Bull's network of clubs including Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, RB Leipzig and Red Bull Bragantino. Klopp will not be positioned to be involved in the day-to-day operations of clubs but will support sporting directors to 'leverage his extensive network to aid in scouting top talent and contribute to the training and development of coaches'.
Marko has been impressed by his employers' ambitions in attaining Klopp's services. "I just don't know how he wants to combine it all, these different continents and the like," said the Formula 1 veteran. "But since football is very important to us, I think that was the best move that could have been made.".
