Jurgen Klopp's agent has opened up on his client's relationship with his club owners, with the former Liverpool manager having clashed on a few occasions with those above him
James Findlater Content Editor
10:59, 21 Feb 2026
Head Coach Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool complains after Nathan Redmond of Southampton scores a goal to make it 1-0 during the Premier League match between Southampton and Liverpool at St Mary's Stadium on May 17, 2022 in Southampton, England
Jurgen Klopp's agent has revealed the former Liverpool boss clashed with some of his owners(Image: Getty Images)
Jurgen Klopp’s agent has admitted he has had to step in at times when the former Liverpool manager has “gone too far” with club owners.
Klopp has seemingly turned his back on management following his exit from Anfield in 2024, having admitted he doesn’t want to make a return to the dugout. Despite that, he has been linked with the Real Madrid job following Xabi Alonso’s firing last month.
The German has played down the prospect of him taking over at the Bernabeu, and looks to be content in his role as Red Bull’s head of global soccer, a position he took up with the energy drinks company in January 2025.
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That job involves him overseeing Red Bull’s stable of clubs, including the likes of RB Leipzig and New York Red Bulls, and gives him greater control over how those sides are run - something that he perhaps wanted during his time as a manager.
There was plenty of speculation about Klopp’s relationship with FSG during his time at Liverpool. Rumors have suggested that both Michael Edwards and Julian Ward both left their positions as sporting director partly due to the Reds’ former boss seeing his influence on matters away from the pitch increase.
Klopp’s long-time agent Marc Kosicke has now opened up on his client’s relationship with his owners, and although he didn’t specify any of Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund or Mainz, he has revealed he did need to intervene at times.
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp with the club's owner John Henry at Anfield
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp with the club's owner John Henry at Anfield(Image: Getty Images)
“In situations where he might have gone too far with the owners because he desperately wanted players they wouldn't give him, I stepped in and tried to mediate,” Kosicke told Transfermarkt.
“Jurgen and I can have incredibly good arguments. They're brief moments, though. We're close friends, and if we disagree, we can work it out.”
Delving further on their relationship, Kosicke added: “We're very similar in how we deal with issues and people. Ages ago, Jurgen did an ad for Henkel's Metylan wallpaper paste. Things went terribly wrong.
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“It was a truly awful and embarrassing commercial—and it was constantly playing. Jurgen called me one evening; he was in a Wolfsburg hotel at the time. He held the phone out to the crowd and asked: ‘Do you hear that? Everyone here is laughing their heads off at me. It's really awful, and I keep seeing that ad. Take it down!’
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“I then used all my commissions from that deal to get a different commercial made so we could avoid this stress together. Other people also told me that the first ad was absolutely terrible. And it was. We were young and needed the money.”
Although Klopp has played down the prospect of him returning to management, he will be back in the Anfield dugout next month as he joins Sir Kenny Dalglish for Liverpool Legends' latest game against Borussia Dortmund. Thiago Alcantara is the latest player to have been confirmed for the occasion, which takes place on March 28.