FUSCHL AM SEE, Austria — Pink Bull backed former Liverpool supervisor Jürgen Klopp to stay the drinks large’s head of world soccer and dismissed a media report that his job could possibly be underneath risk after barely a yr.
A high govt known as all of it “nonsense” on Thursday.
Klopp has been overseeing Pink Bull’s community of golf equipment reminiscent of Leipzig, Salzburg and the New York Pink Bulls since January 2025.
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The Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper in Pink Bull’s dwelling nation of Austria reported on Wednesday that Klopp’s future was not sure over what it known as an absence of improvement on the golf equipment since he took cost.
“That is complete nonsense and fully unfounded. Quite the opposite, we’re extraordinarily happy with Jürgen Klopp’s work,” Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO company initiatives and investments, mentioned in a press release.
Mintzlaff added that Klopp was “in fixed contact” with coaches and sporting administrators throughout the Pink Bull community. “We’re satisfied that he’s the fitting man for this job. That is the place we’re placing our full focus and our power.”
When Klopp’s Pink Bull position was introduced in 2024, he mentioned he did not see himself returning to teaching “in the meanwhile” and that he noticed his position mainly as an adviser to coaches on the varied Pink Bull-backed golf equipment around the globe.
A number of the golf equipment have been already struggling when Klopp took over and there is been a partial turnaround since.
Leipzig missed out on European qualification completely after inserting seventh in Germany’s Bundesliga within the 2024-25 season, and is now fifth underneath coach Ole Werner, who was employed within the offseason.
Salzburg had a blended run on the Membership World Cup final yr however was now main the Austrian league after dropping out on the previous two titles. In Main League Soccer, the Pink Bulls missed the playoffs in 2025 after a run of 15 consecutive postseason appearances.
