Rumors linking him to Real Madrid: The only two clubs Jurgen Klopp would consider leaving Red Bull for

Jurgen Klopp stepped away from management last year and his future has been the subject of speculation ever since. Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund legend Klopp surprised fans by taking a senior role with soccer’s most loathed multi-club ownership group.

The German joined Red Bull as its Head of Global Soccer and started work in January, but suggestions that Klopp is unhappy and burned out by the experience appear to be gathering pace.

It’s understood that Klopp has a release clause in his four-year Red Bull contract that would allow him to leave to become the manager of the German national team but he’s also linked with two of soccer’s biggest management jobs and open to the possibility of discussing them, according to reports.

While Klopp is tied into his Red Bull contract and any departure can be expected to prove difficult, stranger things have happened.

According to Bruno Andrade, a sports reporter for the Brazilian title UOL, sources close to Klopp believe he would be interested in becoming the manager of Brazil or, perhaps more realistically, taking Real Madrid up on their long-standing admiration.

“While the [Brazilian Soccer Confederation] is working hard behind the scenes with names like [Carlo] Ancelotti and Jorge Jesus for the position of coach of the Brazilian national team, Jurgen Klopp is finding himself increasingly worn out as global director of soccer at Red Bull,” reports UOL.

“And people close to him recently heard from him that he would accept leaving the position to go to two destinations: the Brazilian national team and Real Madrid.”

Trouble at Red Bull?

The situation at Red Bull is likely to factor heavily in what Klopp does next. “There’s also the added factor that things aren’t going brilliantly at Red Bull,” reports talkSPORT today.

Ahead of Klopp’s official start date of January 1, the organisation sacked his long-time Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders at Salzburg. The club had won ten straight Austrian Bundesliga titles from 2013 to 2023 but again look set to be pipped by Sturm Graz.

“Marco Rose of whom Klopp once said he ‘would trust with his life’ was sacked [by RB Leipzig] in March and the club are now in a battle to keep their top four status.”