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After rumors: Werner emphasizes close cooperation with Klopp

After rumors: Werner emphasizes close cooperation with Klopp
The company denied rumors of Jürgen Klopp's premature departure from Red Bull. (Archive image) / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa
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What's going on behind the scenes at RB Leipzig? Werner reveals how close the coordination with Klopp really is - and why the focus is now on wing play.

In the midst of increasing speculation about a premature end to Jürgen Klopp in the Red Bull soccer cosmos, Ole Werner has emphasized the importance of the collaboration. For the RB Leipzig coach, the tactical realignment and the transformation initiated in the summer is a joint project in which he is in regular contact with global head of soccer Klopp.

According to Werner, there are no solo efforts when it comes to putting together the team. Squad planning is "only done together with Jürgen's team, with us at RB Leipzig, with the coach." There is a "very, very regular exchange", not only with Klopp personally, but with his entire staff. They analyze games together and discuss various situations.

The "Salzburger Nachrichten" recently reported that Klopp was about to leave Red Bull. The company strictly denied this through managing director Oliver Mintzlaff. Nevertheless, rumors are circulating that the company is not one hundred percent satisfied with Klopp's work. It is also publicly unclear exactly how the role of Global Head of Soccer is defined.

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Central element of wing play

Werner emphasized that there had already been close coordination with Klopp before he signed. "What does the club want, what does the club have in mind? And how do you see your own way of working as a coach? That has to fit together," said the coach about the questions before he took up his post. In the case of RB Leipzig, the aim was to make a targeted change to the playing concept. A central element of this is the promotion of wing play: "This is a style of play that I have always played with my teams so far."

Werner sees this change, which has now been underway for around nine months, as positive: "I think we are getting closer to the way we want to play soccer." Nevertheless, Leipzig have experienced a crisis in results and a certain stagnation in recent weeks. They are fifth in the Bundesliga table, one place below the minimum target of Champions League qualification.

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