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Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp first held talks with Red Bull more than two years before agreeing to become Global Head of Soccer for the Austrian company, according to one of his predecessors in the role.

Oliver Mintzlaff has held a number of roles with the company, which owns football clubs in countries including Austria and Germany.

Mintzlaff served as RB Leipzig CEO as the team won promotion to the Bundesliga, also spending time in the Global Head of Soccer post himself, and now serves as CEO of corporate projects and new investments with Red Bull as a whole - working on the move to bring in Klopp.

Klopp will begin a new position with the company on January 1, nearly a year after he announced his Liverpool exit.

The German spent just shy of nine years at Anfield before announcing in January 2024 that the 2023-24 season would be his last in the dugout.

On announcing his Anfield exit, the former Borussia Dortmund boss made it clear he would not take another managerial role any time soon, but his Red Bull move was announced in October.

"The first idea was more than two years ago, when I first spoke to Jurgen about it.

Then he agreed and I quickly drew up the contracts.'"

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Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool at the end of the 2023-24 season.