Jurgen Klopp has swiftly become an adored figure in English football even outside of his Liverpool, and a comment he made in his latest press conference will see Premier League fans’ appreciation of him continue to grow.
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But since Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers in October, the Brazil worldwide has starred and netted his first Liverpool goal in their 4-1 thrashing of Manchester City.
The Germany worldwide has kept a low profile in recent weeks but believes any weakness found in Dortmund’s game is being blamed on him.
He told the Telegraph: “When I was a kid, sometimes mum and dad didn’t really want me to play football”.
Reus, who worked with Klopp at the Westfalenstadion, is being watched by both Liverpool and Real Madrid, but the pair’s past relationship may play a deciding factor in the player’s future should he decide to quit the Bundesliga. We don’t have any ideas yet about where we can get to – it’s a fantastic football club and everyone here loves working at this club and everything is really ok. When I came to the club, I knew already that we would lose some good players.
“He’s an excellent coach”. We didn’t have a Dortmund plan and say: ‘OK, give us three years and we’ll win the German title.’ We don’t have that plan here either. And he has always been really competitive in the Champions League.
“But that does not mean that I will definitely leave if we don’t qualify”.
The reinvigorated Merseysiders have won seven of their past eight matches and travel this weekend to take on a depleted Newcastle side at St James’ Park.
Paddy Power are offering new customers enhanced odds of 4/1 on Chelsea to beat Bournemouth on Saturday evening. The German mentality is really good and it is something that I also have a bit of too.
Fit, firing and completely on board with his new manager, Firmino looks set to play a key role as Liverpool quest for a top-four finish.
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Dortmund’s man was very cautious in adding canisters of gasoline to the fire but also didn’t spray it down with a hose.
