{"id":35477,"date":"2024-10-31T01:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T22:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=35477"},"modified":"2024-10-31T01:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T22:58:05","slug":"klopp-commits-to-advocating-for-players-rights-in-new-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/klopp-commits-to-advocating-for-players-rights-in-new-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopp Commits to Advocating for Players\u2019 Rights in New Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">German coach Jurgen Klopp said on Wednesday that he hopes to become a \u201cspokesman for players\u201d in his new role with Red Bull, advocating for their rights and well-being.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In October, the energy drink company announced Klopp would take on the role of Director of Football Operations starting in January, overseeing several of the clubs owned by the brand, including Germany\u2019s Leipzig, the U.S.&#8217;s New York, and Austria\u2019s Salzburg.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking on a podcast hosted by former German international and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, Klopp described the role as \u201cfantastic\u201d and said that criticisms from some German football fans regarding his decision to accept the position \u201cdon\u2019t matter much to me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Klopp, who has regularly spoken out on player welfare throughout his coaching career, often criticized the high match volume and short intervals between games.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019d like to be a voice for players who say there are just too many games,\u201d Klopp said, adding that to maintain quality, \u201ceither reduce the number or expand the squads, though that\u2019s very difficult to do consistently throughout a season.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some German fans have been vocal critics of Red Bull\u2019s multi-club model, particularly with Leipzig. Klopp commented, \u201cAt over 50 years old, I\u2019d be foolish not to manage it, though I reserve the right to say it doesn\u2019t matter much to me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Klopp also confirmed he does not envision a return to coaching, including at the international level with Germany. He expressed his support for current German coach Julian Nagelsmann, saying, \u201cWe\u2019d all be thrilled if Julian stayed for 10 years and won four titles.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German coach Jurgen Klopp said on Wednesday that he hopes to become a \u201cspokesman for players\u201d in his new role with Red Bull, advocating for their rights and well-being. In October, the energy drink company announced Klopp would take on the role of Director of Football Operations starting in January, overseeing several of the clubs &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35478,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35477\/revisions\/35478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}