Jurgen Klopp is reportedly willing to take up a new club role despite his agent denial over the past weeks.
According to Belgiann transfer insider Sacha Tavolieri of Sky, Red Bull’s “Head of Global Soccer” Jurgen Klopp is open to a move to Saudi Arabia and has already discussed a potential collaboration with Al-Ittihad.
This latest revelation is surfacing just days after Klopp’s agent, Marc Kosicke, dismissed rumours of a move to the Saudi club, stating, “That’s out of the question.”
According to Tavolieri, though, talks resumed on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s last managerial role was at Liverpool (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
According to this source, Al-Ittihad wants to appoint the 58-year-old as technical director, putting him in charge of the club’s transfer strategy. Klopp has stipulated that he will not leave his role at Red Bull until after the season starts or the transfer window shuts.
Despite this decision, Klopp can still take up the new role in July. Unlike in most European leagues, the Saudi transfer window opens several weeks later and stays open longer.
The Bundesliga window runs from 30 June to 1 September, whereas the Middle East window only opens on 22 July.
Klopp is under contract until 2029. However, this has not stopped him from being linked with a return to management
Real Madrid have been frequently linked with the German, and the defeated presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme even promised supporters he would pursue Klopp if elected.
Klopp himself has repeatedly insisted that he has no immediate plans to return to the touchline but it’s still unclear if he’ll take up the new role in the middle east.
