Open war against Klopp in Germany
Future Jurgen Klopp He has not fared well in Germany since his departure from Liverpool this summer. The German will join the Red Bull group as the new global director of football on January 1. And criticism was not long in coming in its country of origin, where the success of the energy drink brand is not well received.
The German press were quick to express their views on the surprise signing, which represents a turning point in the coaching career of the illustrious Mainz coach. One of the country’s most prestigious newspapers, Der Spiegel, spoke out bluntly about this. “At Liverpool he presented himself as ‘Normal’ in contrast to Jose Mourinho’s ‘Special One’. earning enthusiastic reactions. Now everything seems to make sense to many who have internalized the usual mechanism of this industry: money. And this is news that has “made most fans uncomfortable when they found out”can be read in the online version.
“With the purchase of Jurgen Klopp RB wants to create an urgently needed image cleaning program. Rather, the opposite appears to be happening: this deal is likely to permanently damage Klopp’s reputation,” reports 11Freunde magazine.
“His signing with Red Bull is An innocent man’s façade crumbles and torpedoes everything its followers think it represents. In their opinion, Klopp is obviously making a pact with the devil,” supports t-online.
“Jurgen Klopp is now part of this soulless machine, driven by purely economic interests under the guise of sport. The fact that he is truly concerned with the development of football and the talent of coaches, as he states in the club statement, seems flimsy. The justification for such a move is difficult to understand. Talent does not only exist at Red Bull, it could be trained at other clubs too,” writes William Lague.
Jurgen Klopp in his last match for Liverpool /AP
The other side
Other media distance themselves from this line, viewing the signing as a logical step. “Stern” perceives Klopp’s move to the Red Bull group with “realism”, asking “football romantics” “become realistic again.” ‘Derwesten’, covering one of Klopp’s former teams, Borussia Dortmund, discusses the ‘successful’ signing.
Bild, one of the German giants, was also coy, limiting itself to pointing out a split among fans after launching a poll on their views on Red Bull’s move.