RB Leipzig are “1000 per cent” certain that former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will not be returning to management in their hot seat.
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Klopp fills role for Red BullHead of Global SoccerWill not return to dugoutFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Klopp, who severed ties with Premier League giants at Anfield in the summer of 2024, is among those responsible for a vacancy opening up at the Red Bull Arena. Marco Rose has been relieved of his duties with the Bundesliga giants.
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Klopp is now Head of Global Soccer for Red Bull, meaning that he had a say in Rose being ushered through the exits. There are, however, no plans for the 57-year-old to step back into the dugout less than a year after leaving those stresses behind on Merseyside.
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Leipzig’s supervisory board chairman, Oliver Mintzlaff, told when asked about the chances of Klopp succeeding Rose: “I would do that before then. And nobody wants to see that. So I can rule that out 1000 per cent.”
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Ex-Hungary international Zsolt Low has taken over on an interim basis, with there no plans to hand him a permanent coaching role either – having left a post alongside Klopp in order to take on caretaking duties.