Jurgen Klopp 'agrees shock management return' on one-year anniversary of Liverpool exit | OneFootball

Almost exactly a year to the day he left Liverpool, the German is reportedly returning to management

London Standard

Jurgen Klopp has agreed a shock return to management, a year after his final game in charge of Liverpool.

It was soon after that Klopp announced he was joining Red Bull as Head of Global Soccer, a move which did not go down well with fans of his former club Borussia Dortmund.

"I no longer have to improve the game in individual places, but I want to make football better all over the world. No longer prepare a new game every week, but work on the bigger picture."

However, according to Italian publication La Stampa, Klopp has had a change of heart and is now set to become Roma manager.

The Serie A side are looking for a new head coach with Claudio Ranieri ending his third spell with the club. And La Stampa report on Tuesday that Klopp has agreed to succeed Ranieri.

The report goes as far as stating the exact minute Roma sealed the deal, claiming it was at 10.57pm on May 18 that Klopp told Roma president Dan Friedkin that he was in.

Klopp will be tasked with ending Roma's 17-year trophy drought, while they last won the league title in 2001. Ranieri will remain at the club in a consultancy capacity.