'Sold his soul': X users slam Jurgen Klopp for taking Red Bull job | OneFootball

Jurgen Klopp is heading back to work, signing on as Red Bull's head of global soccer.

The former Liverpool boss will get back in the seat from January 2025 in a role which will oversee Red Bull's widespread network of clubs, including Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig.

It's a move which has divided opinion on social media. Leipzig have a... unique standing among supporters in Germany, many of whom despise the Red Bull-backed outfit for going against the 50+1 rule. That's before their organic rivalry with Klopp's former employers Borussia Dortmund comes into the equation.

Dortmund fans took to social media to question Klopp's decision to link up with Red Bull, with many wondering why it was so easy for him to join a rival organisation when he had previously insisted he wanted at least one year out of work.

"You have no energy left and want a break, then switch to RB? I recognise a pattern," one supporter wrote, recalling Klopp's decision to join Liverpool just four months after promising to take a sabbatical after leaving Dortmund in 2015.

"I'm so broken, what is Klopp doing?" another wrote, with many fans insisting Klopp is now "dead" to them after accepting the controversial new position.

Klopp was branded a "hypocrite" and a "sell-out" by others who claimed to see similarities between this move and Jordan Henderson's exit from Liverpool to Saudi Arabia, alleging the pair both abandoned their principals in search of money.

Elsewhere, fans and critics of Klopp from his time at Liverpool also joined in the frustrations.

Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, however, took a diplomatic approach to Klopp's new role, telling Sky: "It was no surprise to me because we talked about it personally. I wish Jurgen, as always, luck in his new job."

Watzke has a lengthy history with Leipzig, having publicly criticised the team and the entire Red Bull operation, accusing them of using Leipzig simply "to sell cans of soda", which strengthened the rivalry between the two clubs.