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You can't please everyone - Klopp defends Red Bull role

Jurgen Klopp stifles a smile during a Borussia Dortmund farewell match for Lukasz Piszczek and Jakub BlaszczykowskiGetty Images

Liverpool ended a 30-year wait for an English top-flight title under Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp has defended his decision to become head of global soccer at Red Bull and explained it was difficult to take a job where "everyone is happy".

The German, who left Liverpool at the end of last season, has received a lot of criticism for ing Red Bull - especially among fans of his former club Borussia Dortmund.

In 2009, Red Bull caused controversy in German football when it took over fifth-division SSV Markranstadt and turned the club into RB Leipzig.

The Austrian company owns Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, Brazilian club Red Bull Bragantino and recently acquired a stake in Leeds United.

While not technically owning RB Leipzig, it is also financing the Bundesliga team, who have been branded the "most hated club in " and faced regular protests by opposition fans - ranging from boycotting games to the arrest of 28 Dortmund fans for throwing cans and stones at rival ers in 2017.

Speaking on the podcast of former , Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, Klopp said: "You cannot make your decision depending on what reactions there will be.

"I did not want to step on anyone's toes. I love all my former clubs, but I don't know what I could have done so that everyone is happy.

"I am 57 and can still work a few more years, but I did not see myself on the sidelines for now. It was clear for me that I would do something - so then Red Bull came."

Klopp added he had never viewed Red Bull's involvement in football "so critically" and called his new role, which he will begin in January, a "fantastic" opportunity while criticism from German football fans was "not hugely relevant to me".

"I can't poll the fans and ask them, 'what should I do">