LIFE after retirement IS meant to be this good, Jurgen.
The legendary Liverpool manager, who waved goodbye to Anfield last season after a nine-year tenure, is now living his best life – away from the stresses of the Premier League.
Instead of locking horns with Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, Klopp, 57, is looking healthier than ever with a glowing tan.
He has settled in his stunning Mallorca home he splashed £3.4million on and is enjoying time with wife, Ulla.
Klopp, who joined Instagram back in May, has been sharing his lifestyle with his fans.
His plans for his lavish villa create “an ecological family paradise” there.
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That’s certainly more relaxing for the man who gave his all to the Reds and walked away because he was “running out of energy”.
Revealing why Mallorca caught his eye, he told the podcast Willipedia via Bild: “I’ve dreamed of having a house in the south all my life. I like the weather, the climate, I like the people.
“There are lots of things I like here and also people I already know. It’s not like I’m looking for new friends. I already have friends for life, and if some of them are here too, that’s cool.”
However, he made it clear he wasn’t going to stay in Mallorca all year round.
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“I don’t want to emigrate. We go on holiday here every now and then,” Klopp added.
“But when I’m here, I want everything to be as I know it.
“That’s totally boring but the point is that I want to get to know a different life, but not somewhere in the jungle or on the mountain.”
Klopp has even found himself a new hobby – playing padel tennis while on the Balearic Island.
In the meantime, after recharging his batteries, Klopp has accepted a return to football with the Red Bull group.
He will take on an advisory role, worth a reported £10million-per-year, offering his insight into teams including RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg and New York Red Bulls.
SunSport takes a look at his epic Spanish existence.
Inside his eco-villa
Klopp earned a packet from football.
It’s believed his fortune stands at around the £42million mark, with Liverpool paying him handsomely and endorsement deals with brands such as Opel, Erdinger, VR-Bank, Snickers, Deutsche Vermogensberatung, Puma and Adidas adding to his bank balance.
Back in 2022, the German icon paid £3.4million for his Mallorcan villa – buying it off Swiss businessmen and artist Rolf Knie.
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His first job was to completely renovate the 5,000-square metre property property.
As reported by German outlet Bild, Klopp turned the villa into a low-energy house with a unique interconnected heating and air conditioning system.
The systems work with a computer to make sure the temperature in the house stays the same, regardless of the weather conditions outside.
Futuristically, all electrical devices and appliances are controlled by using an app.
The idea behind the changes is to use less electricity, and the transformation is believed to reduce consumption by up to 75 per cent.
Not skimping on the property’s grounds, Klopp hired a company who designed the garden of the five-star Son Bunyola hotel owned by Virgin supremo Sir Richard Branson to tend to his.
Spending his time wisely
Being a former footballer who thrives on competition, Jurgen wasn’t going to completely give up on sport.
In his later years at Liverpool, he insisted on installing a padel court at the club’s Melwood training ground.
And it’s a sport that’s close to his heart.
He once said: “Besides football, padel is the best game I’ve ever played.”
The love of the fast-paced racket sport, which is a cross between tennis and squash, encouraged Klopp and his wife to become members of the exclusive Mallorca Country Club.
Other members include Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Boris Becker, and Novak Djokovic.
He regularly visits the £2,345 a year club to play padel – filming his exploits on social media.
At the end of May, in a clip on Instagram he said: “Now what I’m doing, I try – no, no, I follow – my other big passion. I try to improve my padel game.
“Started two days ago, today’s my third session and I started on an extremely low level. Didn’t play for a while and felt it immediately but step by step I will get there.”
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Brilliantly, Klopp also has his own range of padel bats with tennis giants Wilson sport.
Retirement has clearly never looked this good.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
