'We speak': Wijnaldum shares what Klopp has now told him amid rumours he could return to management

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Gini Wijnaldum says Jurgen Klopp is enjoying his new role despite rumours of a management return for the former Liverpool boss.Klopp left the Reds in 2024, and having admitted that he may never come back to the touchline, has since been enjoying a behind the scenes position with Red Bull.With Arne Slot under pressure at Anfield, Liverpool fans have been urging Klopp to return, but according to Wijnaldum, the German is fully settled and enjoying his job away from the daily grind. Is the famous Anfield atmosphere for European ties finally dead? ☠️ Our recent record does not bode well for turning things around against Galatasaray… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Marc Atkins Klopp enjoying Red Bull role – WijnaldumHaving become accustomed to Slot’s control-based, sluggish football recently, how Liverpool fans would love to see Klopp inject some energy at Anfield.Speaking to Saudi outlet Koora this weekend, though, Wijnaldum suggested that his former boss is not missing the pressures of leading a team.“We speak now and then through text or with a phone call, but it’s of course not as much like when you really work with each other,” the Dutchman said.“But I think he’s enjoying another part of his life now, that’s a little bit on the outside of football instead of working as a manager at a club and doing all those kinds of things.”Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Steven Gerrard inadvertently auditions as Liverpool manager with brilliant new speech“It’s a different kind of life and that’s also something different for him.“Of course, football is really intense when you’re a player or a manager.

So, I don’t really know the motive, why he chose to do this or why he made these kinds of choices, but I can understand it if you work so long in football with so much pressure.”Analysis: Liverpool fans can forget Klopp returnWijnaldum would hardly come out and say if Klopp had privately confided in him that he was planning a return to management, especially if he was hoping for a sensational comeback to Liverpool.However, it feels like another piece of evidence against the chances of Klopp coming back to management at all. Pick the better Liverpool manager Current feelings for Slot aside, has he been better than Benitez?

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Gaspafotos/MB Media/PAUL ELLIS/AFP The 57-year-old is clearly happy with what he’s doing, and any Liverpool supporter hoping to see him back at Anfield needs to let it go.That is not to say that Klopp will never return to management, but it seems unlikely that links to Real Madrid this summer, for example, will come to anything at all.The iconic boss will be back at Anfield for the Liverpool Legends game later this month, but that feels like the nearest we will ever get to seeing him in charge of a Reds team ever again. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox