The club’s American owners, Fenway Sports Group, signed the former Borussia Dortmund manager on what is reported to be a three-year contract, after sacking Northern Irishman Brendan Rodgers on Sunday.
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During this seven-year stay at Westfalenstadion, he led Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles. The team conceded on counterattacks and the players were shorn of confidence as a spiral of bad results took hold.
Rodgers almost took the Reds to the Premier League title in 2013/14 with a few dazzling attacking displays, fronted by the dynamic strike partnership of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge.
That sort of mentality will play well with the fans and will show the players at the club that Klopp means business and should encourage them to stay put if they are considering moving on.
‘Full throttle with a big heart’.
Smiling wildly, he paid due reverence to the Anfield atmosphere and Liverpool’s history as he worked the crowd, and the wider audience beyond it, effortlessly.
If he can build a united squad, with a few top class players and young talents – I am sure Klopp will get them playing football that make them title-challengers.
Klopp will bring with him Bosnian Zeljko Buvac, his assistant both at Dortmund and Mainz before that, and coach Peter Krawietz.
Jurgen Klopp has been appointed manager of Liverpool on a deal worth £15m after the saga to replace Rodgers finally ended.
“He is a strong, inspirational leader, who has a clear philosophy of high energy, attacking football”. Critically, he is also a victor and someone who can connect with and enthuse our supporters.
Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has admitted that he has been impressed with new manager Jurgen Klopp so far.
But Hodgson, whose time at Liverpool only lasted a mere six months, believes that Klopp can be the man to bring success back – but warns of the backlash if he does not deliver. “History is the base for us”.
“I haven’t met my team yet”.
I can’t have been the only one who shuddered when I caught wind of the Klopp to Liverpool news.
In this rapturously-received address, and in his first interview with LFC TV, Klopp was keen to show Liverpool fans that he “gets” it. Klopp pressed all the right buttons as he enthused about “emotion” and a “special club”, manoeuvering his audience into an orgasmic frenzy.
“It would be nice to stop taking photos of me when I move from one side of hotel room to the other”.
His final message was a request for patience.
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“We only want to discuss really good players. We have to start anew and see what happens this year”.
