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Jurgen Klopp has been heavily linked with the Real Madrid job(Image: Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp's claims that he would take some real time away from club management after leaving the Reds has been questioned amid strong links to Real Madrid.

While Klopp has since found work as the Head of Global Soccer for the Red Bull group, links to Madrid have strengthened in recent weeks, despite saying he wouldn't manage a club for some time.

They come as news that Carlo Ancelotti is expected to exit the Bernabeu in the summer has intensified after a disappointing campaign with Los Blancos.

Speaking on That Peter Crouch Podcast, the former Liverpool striker and ex-Chelsea star Steve Sidwell touched upon the likelihood of the German icon heading to Madrid this summer.

Crouch claimed that taking on the job would somewhat contradict Klopp's initial reason for bowing out of club management.

They need it at the start then they just get dragged back in."

Article continues belowJurgen Klopp left Liverpool last year after nine years at Anfield(Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Talk of Klopp taking the reins at Madrid have also been given credence by his close friend, Miroslav Tanjga.

Having previously been Klopp's team-mate at Mainz, Tanjga has said that the German has his eyes on two jobs that he has yet to take.

“What Klopp told me when he left Liverpool was that he had two wishes: to be the coach of the national team and of Real Madrid.

I don't know if either of them will come true," he was quoted as saying by AS.

“He's certainly one of the candidates for the Real Madrid job, but for now, all of this is pure speculation.

He doesn't want to go to Serie A or France, and at some point, I think he'll become the German coach."

Miroslav Tanjga has claimed that Klopp wants the Real Madrid job

Upon leaving Liverpool, Klopp told fans that, while he would not work as a manager in the short-term, he would ultimately find his way back to the dugout.

“If you ask me, ‘Will you ever work as a manager again?’ I would say now no," Klopp said in January 2024.
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