Jurgen Klopp reveals what almost tempted him out of retirement – “I would’ve gone back”

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Image Credits: Imago ImagesIt’s been almost two years since Jurgen Klopp stepped away from the Anfield dugout, but the German is still finding ways to stay right at the heart of the football world – just from a very different seat.Since taking over as Red Bull’s Head of Global Soccer in January 2025, Klopp has been busy overseeing the energy drink giant’s sprawling multi-club network, and this week he was front and centre for one of the project’s biggest moments to date.On Wednesday, Klopp officially opened the brand-new RWJBarnabas Health Red Bulls Performance Center in Morris Township, New Jersey – an 80-acre, state-of-the-art complex billed as one of the most advanced soccer training facilities in North America.It will house the New York Red Bulls first team, Red Bulls II and the entire academy under one roof. Only last month, the German dismissed speculation linking him to the Real Madrid job as “nonsense”, insisting the Spanish giants hadn’t “called even once.”Klopp added on the new Red Bull facility:“To build something special, you need a kind of stability,” the German said.

“You need a place where everybody wants to go. You need a place which you call home.

You need a place where everything can start growing and in sports, in soccer, it’s no different. You need a kind of place like that.