Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp's secret job agreement as Diogo Jota reaches Porto deal

Jurgen Klopp's determination to Red Bull came arsenic a daze to Liverpool supporters, but the legendary German manager has really been readying for his adjacent relation for years

Jurgen Klopp has a caller job.

Five months aft waving goodbye to Anfield successful affectional fashion, the beloved erstwhile Liverpool brag has agreed to go Red Bull's caput of planetary soccer. It's a determination which has garnered controversy acknowledgment to Red Bull's continued unpopularity successful German football, and though the vigor drinks company-turned-sporting organisation and Klopp lone announced the quality connected Wednesday, the woody has been successful spot for longer than we archetypal thought.

Meanwhile, Liverpool guardant Diogo Jota has been utilizing the planetary interruption to further his interests extracurricular of football, teaming up with erstwhile nine Porto. Plus, right-back Conor Bradley has been speaking astir his relation nether Arne Slot.

Here's a round-up of the latest quality from Anfield.

Klopp agreed Red Bull occupation portion inactive astatine Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp's power to Red Bull has been 2 years successful the making. The erstwhile Liverpool brag announced connected Wednesday that he'd beryllium starting his archetypal relation aft leaving Anfield successful January adjacent year, and present it's emerged that helium agreed the determination successful 2022 for a heartfelt reason.

German outlet TZ report that Klopp was invited to a concealed gathering successful Salzburg with Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz. It's explained that the Austrian billionaire, who was terminally sick astatine the time, personally convinced Klopp to articulation Red Bull. Mateschitz passed distant astatine the property of 78 lone a fewer weeks later.

Read the afloat communicative connected Klopp and Mateschitz's meeting.

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Jota strikes Porto gaming deal

Liverpool guardant Diogo Jota has reached a woody with erstwhile nine Porto successful the world of eSports. Jota, 27, played for the Portuguese giants connected indebtedness successful the 2016-17 play earlier signing for Wolves.

And present they've crossed paths again, with Jota agreeing for his eSports team, Luna, to harvester with Porto. Luna play crossed fashionable games including EA Sports FC, Dota 2 and Rocket League.

Bradley dismisses Liverpool theory

Conor Bradley doesn't spot a large quality betwixt his roles for Liverpool and Northern Ireland - adjacent though the right-back is much of an attacker for his country. Northern Ireland brag Michael O'Neil relies connected Bradley, 21, arsenic his lone Premier League player, tasking him with going forward.

The Liverpool defender was asked up of their clash with Belarus whether helium feels other unit for his nation. "It's different, but it's akin arsenic well," Bradley explained. "When I play for Liverpool, I'm astir playing arsenic a close winger sometimes due to the fact that we usually person astir of the possession successful games truthful I'm rather precocious up, trying to make chances for the strikers."

Read what other Bradley had to say.

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