Jürgen Klopp

[Shaggy]

Actual LOL at him complaining about having his photo taken everywhere he goes and it always ends up on Twitter and then in the papers.

"It looks like I am always in bars and restaurants"

[Fosterbloke]

Bloody feed just died

[Rich]

I think it is clear that he's been taken aback by the level of interest shown in him since he arrived in Liverpool but as he said it should die down in a few weeks.

[SB]

I think it is clear that he's been taken aback by the level of interest shown in him since he arrived in Liverpool but as he said it should die down in a few weeks.

Not if we start winning it won't. It will intensify IMO.

[Corndog]

"Gomez is a wonderful young boy, muscles in all the right places"

No Benteke or Firmino for Spurs by the sound of it.

He comes out with these strange quotes sometimes haha. I remember reading an interview he gave whilst at Dortmund and he said of Marco Reus something like 'I remember watching Marco getting lunch the other day and as I saw him walk back from the cafeteria, I could just see he has the perfect body of a footballer'

[I, Ravel Morrison]

Entertaining as usual.

I love how this was as much a presser as it was a team talk, asking for patience and building and learning from faults. The lads must be fired up.

[Scratch]

Entertaining as usual.

I love how this was as much a presser as it was a team talk, asking for patience and building and learning from faults. The lads must be fired up.

Getting his excuses in early I see

[dww]

Other than his praise of Gomez's body most of the quotes read as pretty standard new manager fare. He has charisma though, you have to give him that.

[Tribute]

...looks like Jurgen is with Jean Michel Jarre and Darren Gough

[Phoenix07]

It's Harry Potter and Severus Snape.

[Yozza]

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[Catrin]

Such a humble, likeable guy.

[Lecter]

Interesting to hear him say the players have to play closer together

I read this as to him wanting a more compact shape

Hope this is the case as I've always thought the best teams have more compact shapes

[Yozza]

Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager wants 'more bravery' from players

New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he wants to see "more bravery" from his players, as he prepares for his first match in charge.

The German, 48, was appointed last week after the sacking of Brendan Rodgers.
Liverpool, 10th in the Premier League, travel to Tottenham on Saturday.

Klopp said he wanted to see "fun in the players' eyes", adding: "This is not the time to change so much, just to turn the screws a little bit in the right ways."

The former Borussia Dortmund coach wants his players to "open our chests, run and fight and shoot" and "defend together and attack together like in your best dream".

He added: "It is not so interesting what happened a week ago or two weeks, only what the players can do now."

Klopp last week described the Liverpool job as "the biggest challenge" in world football as he seeks to revive a side that have won only one of their past eight matches.

Players must 'trust themselves'

Speaking at his pre-match news conference on Thursday, Klopp said he wanted his players to "trust themselves".

He added patience would be required as he makes changes to Liverpool's style of play.
Snapping his fingers, he said: "Some things you can change like this... but to get tuned as a team? That takes time."

Klopp also said he was not interested in people's expectations, adding: "Pressure comes from myself."

Benteke and Firmino nearing returns

Klopp revealed striker Christian Benteke and midfielder Roberto Firmino are training again but are not ready for Saturday's 12:45 BST kick-off at White Hart Lane.

Benteke, 24, injured his hamstring against Norwich last month while Brazilian Firmino, also 24, has had a back problem.

"Benteke and Firmino are back on the pitch, but not in team training," said Klopp. "I hope in the next week they will be back in normal team training."

The German also had words of sympathy for full-back Joe Gomez.

The 18-year-old full-back will miss the rest of the season after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament while playing for England Under-21s.

Klopp said: "What a wonderful young boy, muscles in all the right places.

"We will do everything we can so he can come back as soon as possible."

'Not a restaurant and bar type of guy'

There was laughter at the press conference when a journalist from Norway held up a Liverpool shirt with 'Normal 1' printed on the back.

When asked about the attention he has received since arriving in the city, Klopp said he was surprised to find all the photographs he had posed for being published on the internet.

"With all these pictures on Twitter, it always looks like I am in restaurants and bars. I am not that type of guy," he said.

Asked about the Klopp lookalike who has been posing for pictures in Liverpool, the Reds boss said: "No, I haven't seen him. A lot of people look like me. Not the best shaver in the world. Funny glasses."

[Assassin]

Good press conference.

Basically, you journos write too much ****e about nothing and WTF is it with all you ****ter cunts