Jürgen Klopp was criticised by followers of his former membership Mainz on Saturday over his resolution to affix power drinks firm Crimson Bull and oversee its soccer golf equipment.
Mainz supporters held banners throughout their group’s Bundesliga sport in opposition to RB Leipzig — a Crimson Bull-backed membership — by which they addressed their former hero.
“Have you ever forgotten every thing we gave you?” requested an enormous banner behind one of many objectives, referring to his tearful farewell speech when he left the membership after 18 years as a participant and coach in 2008.
“Are you loopy?” requested one other banner with a pun on Klopp’s identify utilizing the German phrase “bekloppt” for loopy, whereas one other referred to a quote of his: “I like individuals till they disappoint me.”
Earlier this month, Crimson Bull introduced that Klopp will change into its head of worldwide soccer from January, overseeing its worldwide community of golf equipment, together with Leipzig, Austrian group RB Salzburg, New York Crimson Bulls, Bragantino in Brazil and Omiya Ardija in Japan.
Crimson Bull additionally has a minority stake in English Championship membership Leeds United, whereas it’s set to change into a minority stakeholder in French second-division membership Paris FC.
After leaving Mainz in 2008, Klopp loved profitable teaching spells at Borussia Dortmund, then Liverpool, the place he lifted the Premier League and Champions League.
