Jurgen Klopp has reiterated that he has no plans to work as a manager in the future, insisting he “doesn’t miss anything” about the job he held for more than two decades.
Klopp left Liverpool in 2024 and has barely watched the Premier League since; his involvement instead focused on the role of global head of soccer with Red Bull.
Despite that the 58-year-old continues to be linked with high-profile coaching jobs, most recently the vacant position at Saudi side Al-Ittihad.
But speaking to The Athletic in an in-depth interview, Klopp again stressed his stance upon departing Anfield: “I don’t want to work as a coach anymore.”
“That’s what I think. But you don’t know. I’m 58. If I started again at 65, everybody will say, ‘you said you’ll never do it again!’,” he explained.
“Er, sorry, I thought 100 percent [when I said it]! That is what I think now. I don’t miss anything.”
Clearly Klopp has no immediate plans to return to management and his comments throughout the interview with Adam Crafton suggest those are unlikely to change in the future.
“During almost 25 years, I twice went to a wedding – one of them was mine and the other one was two months ago,” he continued.
“In 25 years, I have been four times at the cinema – all in the last eight weeks. It’s now nice to be able to do it.
“I was in so many different countries as a coach and I saw nothing of them; just the hotel, the stadium or the training ground. Nothing else. I did not miss it, but I would now.”
His role with Red Bull is expansive and allowed input in transfer plans for RB Leipzig and Paris FC over the summer, as well as the unfortunate sacking of his former Mainz defender Marco Rose from his position as Leipzig head coach.
But even in his new job Klopp revealed he often leaves training sessions he is observing early “because I don’t have to see the last bit.”
“I did it my whole life. It’s crazy, but I don’t miss it,” he repeated.
“I’m still in football, I’m still at work in an environment I know about, but I learn every day new things. I didn’t do that for a while to the extent I do it now.”
Klopp, who has been vocally critical of the broadening of the football calendar included the Club World Cup, does still have time to gleefully observe the downfall of Man United though.
“We are not the final destination,” he said of the Red Bull setup.
“We are not Liverpool…or in former times Man United! You can write that if you want.”