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Red Bull boss Oliver Mintzlaff has admitted he first spoke about working with Jurgen Klopp two years ago.
After stepping down from his post as Liverpool manager during the summer, Klopp was unveiled as Red Bull’s new global head of soccer – a position he will take up on January 1. Klopp was heavily criticized for taking the job, timing the appointment with Red Bull unpopular in German football.
According to Mintzlaff, talks with Klopp had been going on for two years, with things moving quickly this summer when the former Liverpool And the Borussia Dortmund boss has finally given his full approval.
“Over the last 20 years, I’ve experienced, helped shape and negotiated a lot of negotiations in football. I have to say the easiest was when he said yes,” Mintzlaff said. BILD. “It’s not that we offered him an incredible financial package, on the contrary. We talked about the financial side for 20 seconds because he said he was ready for the job. I hope he doesn’t listen to that now, because then He will think that he and his advisor negotiated poorly!
“But no, financially it took 20 seconds. When Ha was there, it was one of the easiest negotiations I’ve handled in 20 years.
“It took a long time. It was a very, very long process. The first idea was over two years ago, when I first spoke to Jürgen about it. He said: ‘I think it’s great, I think That it’s impressive, isn’t it. What’s happening not just in football, but Red Bull is involved in the game, how much is being done for young talent…’ He always interested and excited him so we always kept in touch and I Don’t let it come up
“But at some point he told me he was extending his stay at Liverpool and that was disappointing for me because that little door was closed then.
“When he announced his departure, we met at his place in Liverpool a few months later and I started again with my subject and told him a lot of things where I thought we could use it and it was a fascinating task for him. Will be. And then he said: ‘Okay, let’s do it’ then he agreed and I quickly signed the contract.
