Borussia Dortmund chief responds to Jurgen Klopp's new job after fan backlash

Jurgen Klopp has ended his interruption from shot by taking a occupation with Red Bull - a determination which has sparked a backlash among supporters of his aged nine Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund’s main enforcement has sent his champion wishes to Jurgen Klopp, contempt galore of the club’s fans feeling betrayed by his prime of job.

Klopp has joined Red Bull arsenic planetary caput of soccer, 5 months aft stepping down arsenic Liverpool manager. The 57-year-old near the Reds saying helium had “run retired of energy” and aft 23 years of continuous absorption with Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool, helium has moved into a antithetic role.

Klopp has spoken of his excitement to effort and signifier the adjacent procreation of endowment astatine Red Bull, who ain RB Leipzig, Salzburg, New York Red Bulls and Bragantino successful Brazil, but his determination has sparked a backlash successful Germany. The Red Bull ownership strategy is hugely arguable due to the fact that the drinks elephantine bypassed the Bundesliga's 50+1 rule erstwhile buying SSV Markranstadt successful 2009.

During his clip arsenic Dortmund boss, Klopp bought into the club’s fan-owned ethos and his determination to Red Bull has near immoderate supporters disillusioned. However, Dortmund main enforcement Hans-Joachim Watzke has a antithetic perspective, telling Sky Sports: "For me, it was nary astonishment due to the fact that we had spoken astir it personally. I privation Jurgen, arsenic always, bully luck successful his caller job."

Speaking successful 2017, Klopp criticised the multi-club ownership model which Red Bull has popularised. " I'm a shot romanticist and I similar contented successful shot and each that stuff,” helium said. “In Germany, lone 2 clubs sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' earlier the crippled and that is Mainz and Dortmund."

He appears to person renounced those beliefs upon joining the Red Bull operation successful a precise elder role. “After astir 25 years connected the sideline, I could not beryllium much excited to get progressive successful a task similar this,” helium said. “The relation whitethorn person changed but my passionateness for shot and the radical who marque the crippled what it is has not.

"By joining Red Bull astatine a planetary level, I privation to develop, amended and enactment the unthinkable shot endowment that we person astatine our disposal. There are galore ways that we tin bash this beforehand utilizing the elite cognition and acquisition that Red Bull possesses to learning from different sports and different industries.

"Together we tin observe what is possible. I spot my relation chiefly arsenic a mentor for the coaches and absorption of the Red Bull clubs but ultimately, I americium 1 portion of an organisation that is unique, innovative and guardant looking. As I said, this could not excite maine more."

Red Bull main Oliver Mintzlaff is delighted with the coup of landing 1 of the astir sought-after brains successful football. “We are precise arrogant of this outstanding and surely the strongest signing successful Red Bull's shot history,” helium said. “Jurgen Klopp is 1 of the top and astir influential figures successful world soccer, with bonzer skills and charisma.

"In his relation arsenic caput of soccer, helium volition beryllium a crippled changer for our engagement successful planetary shot and its continued development. We are hoping for invaluable and decisive impulses successful cardinal areas to marque the clubs adjacent better, some collectively and individually."

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