Jurgen Klopp is growing frustrated with his role at Red Bull and would be open to a stunning managerial return at two destinations, according to reports.
Klopp left Premier League giants Liverpool at the end of last season after spending nine years at Anfield.
The German enjoyed a huge amount of success on Merseyside, taking over a floundering Liverpool team and turning them into Premier League and Champions League winners.
Klopp ‘loved’ his time at Liverpool but said he was ‘running out of energy’ when he announced his decision to leave.
A few months following his departure from the Premier League, Klopp took up a role as head of global soccer at Red Bull.
Get personalised updates on Liverpool every day
Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter.
Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you.
The role would see Klopp, who managed Borussia Dortmund and Mainz before Liverpool, advise clubs within the Red Bull network and assist with major decisions.
The 57-year-old started the job in January but Brazilian outlet UOL claim Klopp is having some issues in the role.
The report adds that Klopp has told people close to him that he could make a managerial return, but only with Real Madrid or Brazil.
Unless Real Madrid produce a miraculous comeback in the Champions League or overturn a deficit to win La Liga, Carlo Ancelotti is expected to leave the Bernabeu at the end of the season.
Brazil, meanwhile, are actively looking for a new permanent manager ahead of next year’s World Cup.
Jurgen Klopp on leaving Liverpool
‘I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it.
‘I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff.
‘I love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.
‘It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now.
‘I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.’
Klopp was forced to defend his decision to take a job at Red Bull, especially among fans of his former club Dortmund.
‘You cannot make your decision depending on what reactions there will be,’ he said.
‘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.
‘I can’t poll the fans and ask them, ‘what should I do?’ If I had gone to Bayern [Munich], there would have been a huge outcry in Dortmund.
‘What should I do? I want to keep working. If you organise your life around trying to please everyone, you’ll find you fail every day.’
Klopp, speaking back in October, also insisted he did not see himself in a coaching role ever again.
Given his connections in the Premier League and Bundesliga, Klopp has been tipped for a job in international football, with Brazil and his native Germany regularly named as possible landing spots.
‘My only real option would have been to become a coach of a national side, but I don’t want to be a coach any more,’ he added.
For more stories like this, check our sport page.
Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.