Jürgen Klopp about Rome rumors: This is total nonsense!

Jürgen Klopp about Rome rumors: This is total nonsense!

Speculation about a possible return from Jürgen Klopp as a coach at AS Roma has caused a lot of excitement in the past few days. According to rumors, the renowned coach, currently working as a "Head of Global Soccer" at Red Bull, could succeed Claudio Ranieri who leaves the club. The reports were rejected by the club management, led by the American billionaire Dan Friedkin. But the wave of assumptions about a change continues. This reports, among other things, Laola1.at

Klopp's consultant, Mark Kosicke, clearly denied the rumors. "It is total nonsense," he said to various media and added that he found it boring to have to comment on such speculation again and again. At a donation gala of the LFC Foundation, Klopp made it clear: "I won't go to Rome" and explained that he had no current wish to take over a coaching post. At the same time, he caused confusion when he said that he was surprised at the speculation, since his conversations about Rome mostly ended with the fact that it was a beautiful city.

The background of the rumor

Nevertheless, the discussion about the change of coach did not fail to do, which also has to do with the fact that the club is looking for a successor for Claudio Ranieri. According to reports from the Italian media, Klopp allegedly agreed to sign a contract with AS Roma at 10:57 p.m. However, Kosicke rejected this information as unfounded. Correspondingly, various sources said that the likelihood of switching to Roma was around 1 percent, since the association is not one of the European heavyweights, so Eurosport.de .

Friedkin, who seems incredibly busy in the search for a new coach, made a source in his environment announced that a change from Klopp was not impossible. The same source also deals with the worth seeing in Rome, which are strangely analyzed using Klopp's last names - from the Colosseum to Pantheon. Such assessments lead to further speculation about the actual ambitions of the club.

Klopp's current role in Red Bull

Jürgen Klopp had taken responsibility since January 2023 as a "Global Head of Soccer" at Red Bull. In this role, he is responsible for the company's entire football network. Despite the continuing speculation about a possible return to a coaching position, he remains with Red Bull, where he has a contract for five years without a clause. This decision, it is reported, is due to the fact that Klopp ended his time at Liverpool in the summer of 2022 because he lacked energy for the job. So far, his future plans seem to be far from the coaching, as well as his public statement that he actually no longer wants to work as a coach for the time being, explains Sports Image .