Jürgen Klopp

[Liverpool]

Aaaaaah yeah! I can see Jurgen a bit later grooving to some jazzy shizzle downstairs in the Magnet

flying picket next door has just reopened today as a trendy bar, wouldn't be bad publicity if he popped in

[Chris]

New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reflected on the events of the previous hour. The barrage of questions from the world’s media and the flash bulbs accompanying his every move as he took a stroll around Anfield.

“It is the craziest situation I have ever been in,” he said.

“All the photographs, all this big trouble.

“This is not what I want. I only want to work with the team. But this is part of the deal. So, okay, we do this today.

“Let’s start tomorrow to work with the team.”

Klopp produced a masterful display on his unveiling in front of the cameras but it’s how his players perform under pressure which now dominates his thoughts.

The 48-year-old jumped into a people carrier to take him from his media commitments at Anfield to Melwood to meet those, including captain Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho, who aren’t on international duty.
It will be the middle of next week before he gets the full squad together but Klopp has already set out what he will demand from those who wear the shirt at Tottenham next Saturday. It involves plenty of hard graft.

“I am not the guy who is going to go out and shout ‘we are going to conquer the world’ or something like this,” he said.

“But we will conquer the ball, yeah? Each ****ing time!

“We will chase the ball. We will run more, fight more. We will work more together, better together. We will have better organisation in defence than the other teams.

“We have to find our own way to play. Our performances have to be enjoyable for ourselves.

“I don’t want to tackle too rough but if there is a tackle that is legal, that is a good tackle that gets the ball, it’s like a goal, if you want? Yeeaaah! What I want is to be a real special team.

“We cannot talk about football philosophy and ball possession, playing like Barcelona, playing like whoever.

“No, this team needs to create their own style. If you have the ball you have to be creative but you have to be prepared that if you lose the ball the counter pressing is very important. It is not a proposal, it is law.

“You cannot decide ‘um’, you have to do it and you will. That is what we all have to learn.”

Klopp revealed that he had watched Liverpool’s final three games under Brendan Rodgers on TV, suggesting he had been in dialogue with owners Fenway Sports Group following last month’s embarrassing Capital One Cup win on penalties against lowly Carlisle.

The German says his biggest challenge in the short-term is to instil some belief in a squad who haven’t been playing with “fun on their faces”.

“I’ve seen the last three but if you ask me on Sunday I will have seen 20,” he said.

“The other games I only saw the goals. For 90 minutes, I saw Everton, Sion and Aston Villa.

“Aston Villa was really good. Good goals but if you don’t defend the crosses it can happen against this striker (Rudy Gestede).

“Against Sion, in this game you saw the whole pressure on the team. The first chance missed and everyone is going... (acts panicky).

“You can see it in their eyes, they are not free. Football is about creating chances, not to make 20 goals a game. It is not possible.

“If you feel ‘yes I can miss, the next chance we will get’ then you are free and you can stay confident.

“That is very important. In the game against Sion, you saw many of the problems because there was so much pressure on the players. We have to work so that they feel good. I couldn’t see any fun in this game in no faces and that is not so good.

“In Everton of course it was a derby and pressure on both teams. It was a little bit old school. It was kick and rush, bam, bam, bam, long balls but the fighting spirit was really okay.

“It was not the best game in the last 10 years I would say. In these three games you could see a lot of things. The early goal against Aston Villa, it opened them up and then they played. That is what I want to work for.

“We have to change things. First we have to see what is up at Melwood.”
Klopp admits the challenge facing him at Anfield is similar to the one at Borussia Dortmund when he took over there in 2008.

Over the seven years that followed he masterminded a remarkable transformation as they won two Bundesliga titles, the German Cup, three German Super Clubs and reached the Champions League final.

“If I think back it is the same,” he said.

“When I came there they were 13th and the year before they were in the cup final but nobody could enjoy the football. That was what the problem was.

“The people came, you can be in position 18th and they will come - 80,000 each week so that is no problem. But of course, they were waiting.

“We had so many young players but I don’t care about age. I’m not interested in it. If you’re old and good then fine, if you’re young and good fine then come. The only thing I need is players that want to help the team.

“They have to listen to what I say, that is very important because I believe it is better to have 11 players do the same thing wrong than everybody doing what they want. We have to do it one way and that is my way.”

Some 14 months ago Klopp visited Anfield for the first time with his Dortmund squad for a pre-season friendly against Rodgers’ Liverpool.

He touched the ‘This Is Anfield’ sign and gazed in wonderment at the Kop. Now he finds himself tasked with kick-starting the revival.

"That is one of the main reasons why I love this game so much," he said.

"It is the only game where you can create something like this. We can all play this game a little bit, we all have our own experiences with this game and then we want to see the best players in the world.

"That is why I enjoy it so much. I am a lucky guy. I had a special club with Mainz, a special club with Borussia Dortmund and now I am here. This is the best thing I can imagine.

"I’ve never had a plan for my career. I react on what happens and what I feel inside. For me it fits perfectly for me."

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-we-might-10233939

Jurgen Klopp has vowed to bring Liverpool “closer to the fans” as he insisted he doesn’t need a massive transfer kitty to spark an Anfield revival.

The new Reds boss says he feels a duty to deliver for supporters who have grown increasingly agitated with the club’s struggles this season,

“Of course I feel a big pressure in this moment but that is normal,” he said.

“For such a long time, people have not been satisfied but that is normal.

“I can’t change the rules. For development, you need time. There are many things that you try to do. I know how to work with a team.

“It is very important that we make it all closer. We need to be closer with all of the staff, the fans.

“It is important they don’t think ‘these are the well paid guys, we are the fans’. I want it to be different in these times. This is the biggest football family in the world and we try to live this.

“Watching from outside, they seem to be a little bit nervous. The atmosphere in the stadium is good but nobody is really enjoying themselves.

“It’s never good enough. You win and then you hear ‘well the defence is a problem’. That is what I mean when I say we have to make a restart.”
Klopp was dismissive of suggestions that he would have issues working with Liverpool’s much-maligned transfer committee.

The 48-year-old insists he’s relaxed about the set-up but left no-one in any doubt that he’s a manager rather than a continental style head coach. His role in recruitment will be extensive.

“I have worked as a manager before,” he said.

“I’m doing what I always did. I am always involved in transfers. I was never the guy who spoke about the money. That doesn’t interest me.

“If someone says to me 100million is too much, I don’t care about it for one second longer. I don’t want to buy a player for £100million or €100million.

“The best thing is if you have a player and you can sell him for £100million. You don’t want to but it is worth it.

“Only two times a year do you want to talk about transfers. Many more days, you have to train on the pitch. That is what I love most.

“I am the boss of many people. I was the boss of many people in Dortmund. It is the same thing.”
Liverpool’s pulling power in recent years has been diminished by their wage structure, the absence of Champions League football and the financial muscle of their rivals.

But Klopp, who took Dortmund to the 2013 Champions League final with a team which cost just £30million to assemble, is content with what he has walked into.

Asked if he could sign a player of the calibre of Dortmund’s Marco Reus without the lure of Champions League football, he said: “I absolutely don’t care about this. If I cannot sign a player like him then we are not interested in him. We will have to take other players.

“The whole world plays football, there are players here and players there. It is only here that money is such a big thing. It is always about money, money, money.

“Okay, there is much money here. You don’t have to spend all the money! You can hold it and make something else.

“Of course not having Champions League football is a problem, of course it is a negative. Absolutely. Of course it should be a target for all ambitious teams to play in the Champions League, for sure. But only four go in.

“You have to fight for it, not just talk about it. You have to go there and then look at which players are reachable and not dream of this player or this player and then always be ‘but they don’t want to come to Liverpool’.

“If a player doesn’t want to come to Liverpool then stay away. Really. If you think about the weather, stay away. If you think about other things, stay away.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-plans-bring-liverpool-10233977

[Liverpool]

foggy once tripped up walking down hardman street #scoops

[Shaggy]

the best part about him is that he says things are cool all the time.

cool.

I love that. I don't like saying it cos I was on his side, but you'd cringe if Brendan said anything was cool. Clicking his fingers like The Fonz

flying picket next door has just reopened today as a trendy bar, wouldn't be bad publicity if he popped in

Man I wish I was out down Hardman Street now, tearing **** up with The Kloppington!

[Phil]

Likes a tab too

[RichC]

Not much different to a lot of the drivel posted on the Internet by no marks.

Everyone has a megaphone these days, right?

[little dave hedgehog]

that's because rodgers isn't cool. you can have whatever opinion of his ability as a manager you want, but he was never, ever cool.

[Shaggy]

This is the first time i have been pissed since Klopp took over and i am overwhelmed with man love. I don't care what happens from now, we might never win the league again but at last we again have a man born to lead this club ....it feels ****ing amazing. Some will mock but this unity is worth loads imo......loads. It's like the first thing to tick off the list. You can't win anything or do anything if everyone's bickering, it's like a virus and it runs through the club at every level. It really does. With everyone together like this, all roaring as one, together, we can do stuff. And even if we don't win the league, if we miss out trying, being brilliant but just missing out, all together, all the fans together and singing, with an atmosphere like we used to have....all that stuff is worth something. It gives us the club back. I'm pissed and I'm rambling but i really believe this. That's why this appointment is so perfect. ****ing get in

[danperkins]

Not much different to a lot of the drivel posted on the Internet by no marks.

Everyone has a megaphone these days, right?

Absolutely, but no marks on the internet aren't the ones asking face to face questions at his presser.

No marks on social media and internet forums are irrelevant.

[danperkins]

This is the first time i have been pissed since Klopp took over and i am overwhelmed with man love. I don't care what happens from now, we might never win the league again but at last we again have a man born to lead this club ....it feels ****ing amazing. Some will mock but this unity is worth loads imo......loads. It's like the first thing to tick off the list. You can't win anything or do anything if everyone's bickering, it's like a virus and it runs through the club at every level. It really does. With everyone together like this, all roaring as one, together, we can do stuff. And even if we don't win the league, if we miss out trying, being brilliant but just missing out, all together, all the fans together and singing, with an atmosphere like we used to have....all that stuff is worth something. It gives us the club back. I'm pissed and I'm rambling but i really believe this. That's why this appointment is so perfect. ****ing get in

[Liverpool]

I cant believe the Kuzan game hasn't sold out instantly this morning. European night, his first home game, its going to be rocking

[Shaggy]

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[danperkins]

Oh dear, should be interesting what he does with Benteke.

[S-RED]

this is the first time i have been pissed since klopp took over and i am overwhelmed with man love. :d I don't care what happens from now, we might never win the league again but at last we again have a man born to lead this club ....it feels ****ing amazing. Some will mock but this unity is worth loads imo......loads. It's like the first thing to tick off the list. You can't win anything or do anything if everyone's bickering, it's like a virus and it runs through the club at every level. It really does. With everyone together like this, all roaring as one, together, we can do stuff. And even if we don't win the league, if we miss out trying, being brilliant but just missing out, all together, all the fans together and singing, with an atmosphere like we used to have....all that stuff is worth something. It gives us the club back. I'm pissed and i'm rambling but i really believe this. That's why this appointment is so perfect. ****ing get in

this on so many levels, being 46 now & having been there to see jockey lift the last league title, i honestly think this guy will bring the title to lfc and within 2 yrs

[Lecter]

This is the first time i have been pissed since Klopp took over and i am overwhelmed with man love. I don't care what happens from now, we might never win the league again but at last we again have a man born to lead this club ....it feels ****ing amazing. Some will mock but this unity is worth loads imo......loads. It's like the first thing to tick off the list. You can't win anything or do anything if everyone's bickering, it's like a virus and it runs through the club at every level. It really does. With everyone together like this, all roaring as one, together, we can do stuff. And even if we don't win the league, if we miss out trying, being brilliant but just missing out, all together, all the fans together and singing, with an atmosphere like we used to have....all that stuff is worth something. It gives us the club back. I'm pissed and I'm rambling but i really believe this. That's why this appointment is so perfect. ****ing get in

I don't know whether he will won the league but I think he will win a trophy

Really looking forward to watching us and the more he talks about his ideas the more I can't wait to see what he does