Jurgen Klopp's enormous Red Bull salary emerges as contract clause comes to light

Jurgen Klopp is acceptable to gain a packet successful his caller occupation astatine Red Bull, whose clubs are based from Leipzig and Salzburg to New York, contempt being criticised by Liverpool fans for his decision

Jurgen Klopp is acceptable to slope up to £10m a play successful his caller relation arsenic Red Bull's caput of football, according to reports successful Germany.

The erstwhile Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund brag was announced arsenic the Red Bull group's caller main - overseeing each their clubs - earlier this week successful a determination slammed by fans of his erstwhile clubs.

But Klopp, who begins officially connected January 1, is acceptable to gain a bumper wage packet arsenic the strategy kingpin for Red Bull's clubs including Leipzig, Salsburg and their Major League Soccer nine successful New York.

Sky Germany accidental that helium volition gain betwixt £8.5m and £10m per twelvemonth during the deal, which besides includes a clause that volition let him to permission the gig to instrumentality implicit the Germany manager’s relation should Julian Nagelsmann determination elsewhere.

Fresh reports bespeak that the clause whitethorn besides use to different roles that could instrumentality Klopp's fancy. But according to Paralympic champion Wojtek Czyz, the erstwhile Anfield hero’s long-time confidant, Klopp has small involvement successful taking implicit Germany close now.

“I tin archer you 1 happening from this, what I deliberation astir Jurgen. Jurgen is not reasoning present astir the German nationalist team. Jurgen volition beryllium 100 percent committed to beryllium palmy successful this relation helium took connected now,” Czyz told the Sports Agents podcast.

“In the future, you know, truthful galore things tin happen, and everything volition beryllium done and volition beryllium close astatine the close time. And truthful present determination is nary treatment astir immoderate aboriginal thoughts astir the German nationalist team.”

Klopp, meanwhile, has spoken of his delight astir the caller relation contempt the backlash from supporters who utilized to adore him. “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."

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