Should the wait go into the weekend, fans may begin to get nervous, but with the main other viable contender, Carlo Ancelotti quoted in the Liverpool Echo confirming he is not in the running, to say the Klopp deal appears almost done, would be an accurate assessment of where Liverpool’s manager search now stands.
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“If you look back at his really successful time at Dortmund a lot of his game was based on the amount of mileage they could cover on the pitch”, added Lambert.
The charismatic German forged his reputation by turning 1997 Champions League winners Dortmund, who were relegation candidates under predecessor Thomas Doll, into one of the most exciting brands in world football.
The Scot also believes Klopp will generate a “feel good factor” around Anfield, that his personality will prove “infectious” and he will help Liverpool players “run that extra yard” with the Reds set to unveil the 48-year-old as their new boss tomorrow.
The enthusiastic German coach has been on a sabbatical since leaving his beloved Dortmund in May, but having flirted with a move to the Premier League throughout the summer, and indeed throughout his entire managerial career, Liverpool seem to be making a significant coup by landing a man that the likes of Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus have been raining praise on recently.
He is expected to fly on Thursday to Merseyside, at which point a club statement will confirm what has now become one of football’s worst kept secrets since Rodgers’s dismissal on Sunday. I’m not interested in what players do when they leave Liverpool, I want him to bring the best out of players. Work to doPhilippe Coutinho may have to up his work rate (Jon Super/AP) Technical ability alone will not be enough to survive in a Klopp world where double training sessions are far from infrequent.
“Too often with Brendan he tried to tell people things that weren’t true and this is why people got fed up in the end because it was the same all over again”.
“He did that at Dortmund and I’m pretty sure he will do it at Liverpool and if you’re not on board and you’re not prepared to sacrifice yourself for the team then I don’t think you’ve got a future at Liverpool“.
“I found it a bit odd at first, the 37-year-old said at the Leaders in Sports Business Summit”.
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“This guy says, “no, no, I think this squad is alright”.
