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Jurgen Klopp has playfully jabbed at Manchester United amid the team's dismal beginning to the new Premier League season.
The Red Devils are languishing in 14th place after securing only two victories from their first six matches, compounded by Saturday's loss to Brentford. The heat is on for Ruben Amorim following a terrible last season that saw United end up 15th and miss out on European action after the team's Europa League final defeat to Tottenham.
Klopp, who has had his fair share of clashes with Liverpool's bitter rival during an immensely triumphant period at Anfield – which brought them a long-awaited league title after three decades and a sixth Champions League triumph – hasn't overlooked this slump.
In conversation with The Athletic regarding his new position within the Red Bull organisation, Klopp pointed out that some of the clubs he oversees are often seen as stepping stones to bigger teams... but not United anymore.
"We are not the final destination," he conceded. "We are not Liverpool... or in former times Man United!
"You can write that if you want."
Since departing Liverpool at the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign, Klopp has been persistently linked with a managerial comeback at various top-tier European clubs.
However, the ex-Dortmund gaffer maintains that he doesn't miss the demands of club management one bit and is thoroughly enjoying his role as Red Bull's Head of Global Football.
When quizzed about whether he was glued to the telly for Liverpool matches post-departure, he remarked: "Not at all.
"I was super happy with the way Liverpool performed. I watched some games. But it is not like, 'Oh, it's Saturday!'
"I didn't know when games started. I was just out. I played sports.
"We enjoyed life, spent time with the grandkids, completely normal stuff, knowing I will work again. But knowing as well, that I don't want to work as a coach anymore."
Further probed on his future in management, he conceded: "That's what I think. But you don't know.
"I'm 58. If I started again at 65, everybody will say, 'You said you'll never do it again!' Er, sorry, I thought 100 percent (when I said it)! That is what I think now. I don't miss anything."
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