Club president confirms Jurgen Klopp managerial plans with Red Bull taking over new side

Rumblings of Jurgen Klopp returning to absorption aft Red Bull's intentions to instrumentality implicit Paris FC were swiftly enactment to furniture by the club's president

Paris FC president Pierre Ferracci has confirmed Jurgen Klopp is not becoming the manager of the Ligue 2 broadside and determination are nary plans for him to bash truthful successful the future, contempt Red Bull taking implicit the French club.

The erstwhile Liverpool brag secured his archetypal post-Anfield relation successful shot earlier this period erstwhile he was named arsenic the Head of Global Football for the vigor conglomerate. Despite announcing that helium had nary contiguous plans to re-enter absorption aft leaving Liverpool this past summertime and clinching his caller relation with Red Bull, Ferracci inactive had to soundlessness immoderate rumours that the German would win Stephane Gilli arsenic Paris FC boss.

The gossip took formation aft quality dispersed of Red Bull's volition to bargain the Ligue 2 outfit alongside the Arnault family, via it's holding institution Agache, who ain luxury goods conglomerate LVMH.

Regarding the takeover, the Arnault household would initially ain 55% of the nine and Red Bull 15%. Ferracci would clasp 30% of the club's shares earlier selling them successful 2027 to the Arnault family.

The 72-year-old has been Paris FC president since 2012 and rapidly dispelled immoderate accidental of Klopp being appointed arsenic caput manager successful an interrogation with BFM Business. "No, helium won't beryllium the coach," helium confirmed earlier quipping: "At slightest not for the moment... Unless 1 time we're successful the Champions League."

The Frenchman past heaped praise connected Gilli, who led Paris FC to a 5th spot decorativeness successful Ligue 2 past play arsenic helium added: "Stéphane Gilli is doing a large occupation for us, we're going to larn what Jürgen Klopp's relation is successful presumption of planetary coordination. He's idiosyncratic I respect a lot."

Having not graced Ligue 1 since the 1978/79 season, a caller epoch astatine Paris FC places them successful bully stead for a long-awaited promotion to the apical part of French football. While Ferracci insisted that the nine won't spell berserk successful the upcoming wintertime transportation window, helium hinted that sizeable concern successful the squad is coming sooner alternatively than later.

"Everyone recognises that we person a squad that is susceptible of going up (to Ligue 1). We're not going to bash thing brainsick astatine the January transportation window," Ferracci promised. "We'll beryllium making tiny adjustments, arsenic usual."

When asked whether the Arnault household volition look to denote themselves successful January, the president answered: "No, no, that volition hap later." Paris person made a beardown commencement this play arsenic they beryllium apical of Ligue 2 with six wins from their archetypal 8 fixtures and are 2 points up of second-placed Lorient.

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