Jurgen Klopp’s huge Red Bull salary revealed – earning more than top Premier League managers

Tony MoganPublished Oct 12, 2024, 9:14am|Updated Oct 12, 2024, 9:15am

Jurgen Klopp’s eye-watering wage astatine Red Bull has been revealed.

This week, the Austrian vigor portion institution appointed Klopp their caput of planetary soccer, overseeing each footballing development.

Red Bull owns RB Leipzig successful Germany’s Bundesliga, Austrian broadside Red Bull Salzburg and Major League Soccer broadside New York Red Bulls, successful summation to Brazilian broadside Red Bull Bragantino. They besides ain a number involvement successful Leeds United, becoming their main garment sponsor.

It is his archetypal relation successful shot since stepping down arsenic Liverpool brag successful the summer, insisting the Anfield occupation near him ‘running retired of energy.’

Klopp earned astir £15million-a-year astatine Liverpool, making him 1 of the highest-paid coaches successful satellite football.

While helium volition beryllium earning little than that fig successful his caller role, Klopp volition inactive beryllium earning precise good with Sky Sports Germany reporting helium volition slope betwixt €10million and €12million (£8million and £10million) a year.

That wage bundle volition spot Klopp slope much than his successor astatine Anfield with Arne Slot connected a woody reportedly worthy £6.5m. Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag is thought to beryllium connected a akin number.

Klopp’s determination to articulation the Red Bull task has been regarded arsenic a betrayal by fans and shot experts successful Germany.

The manager became a leader astatine Borussia Dortmund, a nine steeped successful contented with RB Leipzig regarded arsenic ‘the astir hated nine successful Germany’ who languished successful Germany’s 5th tier until they were bought and rebranded by Red Bull successful 2009.

The Red Bull exemplary besides been fiercely criticised with 1 of Klopp’s ain erstwhile players Kevin Grosskreutz taking purpose astatine his erstwhile boss.

‘It was beauteous shocking and sad. Somehow it hasn’t truly sunk successful yet,” said Grosskreutz, who made 176 Bundesliga appearances for Borussia Dortmund nether Klopp.

‘I don’t deliberation anyone was expecting it. It’s very, precise unusual and I can’t truly comprehend it yet. It’s similar shock! Nevertheless, he’s a person of excavation and I beryllium him a lot. And I volition ever beryllium grateful to him.

‘As a shot fan, I deliberation it sucks, to enactment it bluntly! But arsenic a friend, you person to judge decisions being made. When we meet, I’ll inactive archer him personally that I deliberation it’s s**t that helium does thing similar that!’

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