ISMANING, Germany (AP) 鈥� Former Liverpool manager J眉rgen Klopp has dismissed as 鈥渘onsense鈥� a suggestion he could take over as coach next season and said he hasn’t heard from the Spanish club.
Klopp hasn’t coached since his from Liverpool in 2024, when he said he was 鈥渞unning out of energy.” He’s stayed in the game as the Red Bull group’s , overseeing clubs like Leipzig, Salzburg and the New York Red Bulls.
鈥淚t’s all just nonsense. They haven’t even called once, not one single time. And my agent is over there, you can ask him too, they haven’t called him either,鈥� Klopp said in televised comments about speculation linking him to Real Madrid.
He was speaking at an event on Monday in his role as a TV pundit for the World Cup.
Klopp didn’t rule out a return to coaching someday but said he wasn’t thinking about the Germany job in case Julian Nagelsmann were to leave after the World Cup.
鈥淎t the moment I’m obviously not thinking about that at all and luckily there isn’t any reason to do that,鈥� he said in comments reported by German agency dpa.
Last month, Red Bull it was 鈥渆xtremely satisfied鈥� with Klopp’s work after a report in an Austrian newspaper claimed his role was in question because the drinks giant’s clubs hadn’t made enough progress in the year since he took charge.
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