Jurgen Klopp branded 'a sell-out' by Borussia Dortmund fans after taking new Red Bull job

Jurgen Klopp volition go Red Bull's Head of Soccer successful January 2025 successful his archetypal occupation pursuing his Liverpool departure - but it has sparked immoderate choler from Borussia Dortmund fans

The announcement of Jurgen Klopp's caller relation successful shot has been met with disapproval successful Germany.

The quality was confirming connected Wednesday morning, but the erstwhile Liverpool brag has frustrated a contingent of Borussia Dortmund fans. They judge that Klopp's assignment arsenic Red Bull's Head of Soccer exposes his hypocrisy, having antecedently established himself arsenic a fable astatine the Westfalenstadion.

Red Bull, who ain RB Leipzig successful Germany, person been heavy criticised successful Germany. The drinks shaper bought retired SSV Markranstadt successful 2009 and bypassed the Bundesliga's 50+1 rule successful acquiring the club.

Germany requires fans to person a bulk of the ownership, though owners invested for much than 20 years tin entreaty to get the majority. Leipzig had conscionable 17 paying members, who were besides Red Bull employees, successful examination to Dortmund's 189,000 members.

Klopp has antecedently critiqued clubs targeting a multi-club model and successful 2017 said: "I'm a shot romanticist and I similar contented successful shot and each that stuff. In Germany, lone 2 clubs sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' earlier the crippled and that is Mainz and Dortmund."

As a result, a fig of Borussia Dortmund fans have taken offence to Klopp's move. Some person seen it arsenic a mode of yet moving connected from their legendary manager.

One instrumentality said connected X: "I person thing affirmative from the #Klopp connection for you: In Dortmund, it is present yet imaginable to emotionally adjacent the Jurgen Klopp era. No much nostalgic moaning that is hindering the existent sporting process."

"There is 1 affirmative facet to the full thing," different agreed. "The taxable #Klopp is present past astatine #BVB astatine the latest. No much manager comparisons a la “next Klopp”, nary much whining afterwards."

"You're cipher successful my publication anymore," different added. "How to suffer your presumption arsenic a likeable shot fable successful 1 fell swoop champion example."

A further X idiosyncratic said: "A determination that I cannot recognize connected respective levels and that volition surely harm his impeccable CV a little. You don't request that, Kloppo!"

"So you bash everything successful your career, but truly everything right, lone to merchantability your psyche astatine the decorativeness line?" said 1 disappointed fan. That sentiment was contiguous successful a fig of responses to the news.

"Simply speechless… helium was specified a large idiosyncratic and with that helium sells his full aura," said a supporter. Another added: In doing so, helium has sold his presumption and his dignity."

"How tin you destruct yourself similar that?" pondered a fan.

There was besides vexation astatine RB Leipzig being a rival of Dortmund. "That's besides a footwear successful the a*** for BVB," said a fan. "Because if you look honestly astatine the existent situation, Leipzig is simply a nonstop rival and they are present helping to get escaped of Dortmund. You can't portion it each away."

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