New Manager [Klopp Watch]

[The_weatherman]

[Vermilion]

:WARNING: if you watch the below video, be prepared to find yourself singing this song unawares.



[ame="https://youtu.be/GRJEFHzHjL4?t=1s"]Matze Knop - I wanna be like Jürgen Klöpp (ab sofort überall erhältlich) BVB Hymne - YouTube[/ame]

[Lecter]

[ame="https://youtu.be/lvX4aeIWrlY"]Jurgen Klopp: "result is so sh*t" - Champions League Final - YouTube[/ame]

[rodo]

only man for me we need to stop sleepwalking and living in the past and somebody needs to wake this ****ing club up

[Phoenix07]

Jurgen Klopp has told Liverpool that he will only come to Anfield as Brendan Rodgers' replacement if he is given total control of transfers at the Barclays Premier League club.

Exclusive: Ian Ladyman

The charismatic German is Liverpool's overwhelming first choice to replace Rodgers, sacked rather callously on the 'phone by the club's American owners after yesterday's Merseyside Derby draw with Everton at Goodison Park.

It is understood that Klopp and Liverpool have already been in contact and it is the club's eagerness to recruit him while he is available that was the driving force behind a decision to sack Rodgers that was actually taken more than a week ago.

The former Borussia Dortmund coach is keen to come but has told the club he will not bow down to the infamous Anfield transfer committee that has overseen so many poor incoming deals over the last two or three years.

Klopp has told Liverpool that he is happy to take advice and recommendations on players but that he must have the final say.

This is not a privilege that Rodgers has told friends was afforded to him during his time at the club.

The 42-year-old was a member of the committee and had a significant say. The club have always insisted that a player would never be signed unless the manager ultimately agreed to the deal.
There were set parameters that Rodgers feels undermined him, though. It is understood, for example, that Rodgers was told that the club would not, as a general principle, sign players over the age of 24.

This is why the Northern Irishman's wish to sign Swansea defender Ashley Williams and left-back Ryan Bertrand were scuppered last summer. Williams is 31 and Bertrand is 26.
Rodgers wanted both players as he sought to repair his team's leaky defence and has told associates he put Williams in particular before the committee on more than one occasion only to be told he couldn't have him.

The outgoing manager believes this impacted on his job hugely as he was effectively left with a defensive line up that he did not want and knew wasn't good enough.

Bertrand eventually signed for Southampton from Chelsea while Liverpool took the promising but green teenager Joe Gomez from Charlton. The 18-year-old started the season in Rodgers' line up but has subsequently been replaced by the Spaniard Alberto Moreno.

Liverpool's transfer record under FSG has on the whole been very poor, with millions spent on players who have not made the grade.

Klopp is understood to have studied this in detail and has already said privately that he doesn't want his own reputation tarnished by being landed with players he hasn't chosen himself.

Rodgers' own belief is that FSG's desire for success on the field will always be put against the background of a desire to sign young players who will subsequently increase in value.

It is understood, meanwhile, that the former Swansea manager knew in the week that followed a home draw with Norwich last month that he would soon be sacked, despite his ongoing public insistence that he was not under pressure.

The atmosphere at Liverpool's Melwood training ground has been dreadful ever since the defeat at Manchester United in September with players picking up on Rodgers' clear understanding of his fate.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...C-manager.html

[Shaggy]

I don't believe that at all.

[I, Ravel Morrison]

Wait, so Ian Ladyman isn't a pseudonym?

[Vermilion]

That's what Jonny Giles said Klopp had told them the other day.

That he wanted the committee disbanding.



Lot's of guesswork going on at the mo though i'd imagine, and bull**** too.

[Lecter]

I don't believe that at all.

Me neither

I think its done and dusted frankly

For all the criticism of FSG I dont think they would have been this decisive if they didnt already have their man

Not only have they sacked Rodgers but they have also let almost all the backroom staff go

They wouldnt have done that if they didnt have the approval of the next manager

[Vermilion]

Me neither

I think its done and dusted frankly

For all the criticism of FSG I dont think they would have been this decisive if they didnt already have their man

Not only have they sacked Rodgers but they have also let almost all the backroom staff go

They wouldnt have done that if they didnt have the approval of the next manager

Would be the last straw if they'd gone into this decision without thorough planning.

[Alex]

Plus, we still have most of the squad at Melwood. Getting rid of everyone for 2 weeks/10 days seems totally pointless.

[Lecter]

That's what Jonny Giles said Klopp had told them the other day.

That he wanted the committee disbanding.



Lot's of guesswork going on at the mo though i'd imagine, and bull**** too.

I think thats ****e

I cant see why Klopp would talk to anyone but LFC about that??

For me its clear the way FSG have acted and the subsequent links / leaks to the papers

I think we have our man in the bag already, and in my opinion we are just going through the motions out of a little bit of dignity and respect towards Brendan

[frank the tank]

if we do sign Klopp one thing is for sure - it's going to be interesting...

I said during the summer, that if we are within 10 points of the top at christmas, then i wouldnt discount a title hilt. If we signed Klopp and hit the ground running, then you never know. I think he would just get the team running and working their bollix off. Pressing and counter-attacking the fock out of it. It could be very exciting. I we were to play Henderson and Milner in the middle, then i Klopp will just get them to work their nuts off until they can do no more. Then he will throw Emre Can on to do the same.

The home games against the top teams in the second half of the season - particularly against Arsenal and Man City which are night time games - will be great atmosphere.

Do you know what could be the best sight of this season though, Klopp giving Lovren / Lallana / Joe Allen / Jose Enrique (delete as appropriate) one of his trademark full force slaps across the face.

[el matador]

just what fsg wanted to hear - an interview with klopp when he took over dortmund - 2nd season i think - good quote

Schalke signed Farfan. Will BVB sign a real headline-grabber?
Klopp: "We do not yet have the financial means to sign those players. Rather, we will sign players with the potential to develop."

http://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Interviews/Huge-Bild-Interview-With-Juergen-Klopp-Who-Does-Not-Go-Along-Will-Have-Major-Problems

[Lecter]

if we do sign Klopp one thing is for sure - it's going to be interesting...

I said during the summer, that if we are within 10 points of the top at christmas, then i wouldnt discount a title hilt. If we signed Klopp and hit the ground running, then you never know. I think he would just get the team running and working their bollix off. Pressing and counter-attacking the fock out of it. It could be very exciting. I we were to play Henderson and Milner in the middle, then i Klopp will just get them to work their nuts off until they can do no more. Then he will throw Emre Can on to do the same.

The home games against the top teams in the second half of the season - particularly against Arsenal and Man City which are night time games - will be great atmosphere.

Do you know what could be the best sight of this season though, Klopp giving Lovren / Lallana / Joe Allen / Jose Enrique (delete as appropriate) one of his trademark full force slaps across the face.

We lack pace to counter attack effectively IMO

Still I am really looking forward to somebody coming in and getting us to press effectively

We have the players to do this imo