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‘Are You Crazy?’: FC Mainz Fans Slam Jurgen Klopp’s Red Bull Move

‘Are You Crazy?’: FC Mainz Fans Slam Jurgen Klopp’s Red Bull Move

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Fans of Bundesliga side Mainz unveiled banners slamming former coach Jurgen Klopp’s decision to join Red Bull in Saturday’s 2-0 home loss against RB Leipzig. Using a play on words with Klopp’s last name, the home fans asked “Are you crazy?” and used a quote from their side’s former boss: “I like people until the point they disappoint me.” A larger banner, in big red letters, asked Klopp if he had “forgotten everything we gave you?”. A former player at the club, Klopp coached Mainz for seven years, taking the team to the top flight for the first time before moving to Borussia Dortmund and later Liverpool.  Klopp stepped down as Liverpool manager in the summer having won several titles, including the Premier League and Champions League.  In October, Klopp announced he would join energy drink company Red Bull, which owns clubs in Leipzig, Salzburg and New York, as their global head of football from January 2025. His decision to take up the job at Red Bull has annoyed supporters in Germany — …

Jurgen Klopp’s Red Bull Decision ‘Ruined Life’s Work’ Say Dortmund Fans

Jurgen Klopp’s Red Bull Decision ‘Ruined Life’s Work’ Say Dortmund Fans

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Borussia Dortmund fans have reacted with anger and frustration after former coach Jurgen Klopp’s announcement he will take over as head of football operations at Red Bull. The energy drink company, which owns Dortmund’s Bundesliga rival RB Leipzig along with teams in Salzburg and New York, made the surprise announcement on Wednesday, with the former Liverpool coach starting his role in January. Klopp became a local hero in Dortmund, delivering two Bundesliga titles and a German Cup during his seven years at the club while also taking them to the 2013 Champions League final. The Dortmund fanzine Schwatzgelb, however, said that Klopp had destroyed his reputation and “torn it down with a bang”. It also took issue with Klopp’s self-label of ‘the normal one’, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Jose Mourinho’s declaration he was ‘a special one’ on arriving at Chelsea. “The normal one, unfortunately (is) normal on all levels. Normal like everyone else in this dirty business,” the magazine wrote. “Jurgen Klopp’s decision to support Red Bull has ruined his life’s work, at …

How manager Arne Slot, Jurgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool, was selected by Harvard-educated physicist’s data-oriented approach | Football News

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The Reds are buzzing. But the man on the touchline is unfamiliar, almost invisible. He is one of the many faces in the bustling dugout. He could be anyone, the man on the left with a blazer, or the man in the middle with a turtleneck, or that man in a black suede jacket over jumpers. That man who rarely fumes on the technical area, or whispers sweet nothings into the ears of the fourth official. That man who never preens or sniggers. A man who doesn’t exist at all. Liverpool would not have chosen a more contrasting manager than Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp’s heir. Klopp on the touchline was a spectacle of emotions in itself, all bristling energy and unshackled emotions. Slot is self-effacing and introverted, as though Liverpool’s management wanted an antithesis of Klopp. Slot’s was not a leap-of-faith acquisition. Contrary to public myths that former Reds stalwart and Bayer Leverkusen miracle manager Xabi Alonso was Klopp’s heir apparent, and his refusal prompted alternatives, Slot was Liverpool’s primary target. Soon after the …

Atalanta Eliminate Liverpool As Jurgen Klopp’s Final Season Suffers New Blow

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Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Atalanta on Thursday as Jurgen Klopp’s final season with the Reds took another downward turn, their Italian opponents reaching the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate. Atalanta are in the last four of a European competition for the first time since 1988, despite Mohamed Salah‘s early penalty giving Liverpool a 1-0 second leg win, thanks to their three-goal lead established in the quarter-final first leg at Anfield last week. In what is becoming a sobering climax to the season, Liverpool have won just four of their last nine games in all competitions and again looked tired after having played 52 games this campaign. Jurgen Klopp may well only have the League Cup to show for his final season on Merseyside as the German’s team have been eliminated from the FA Cup and Europa League and trail Manchester City in the Premier League title race by two points. “We didn’t lose the game or tie tonight, we lost it at home. They deserved to go through. When you win …

Liverpool vs Sheffield United: Jurgen Klopp’s side blasts its way to a huge win, leapfrogs Arsenal to No. 1 spot | Football News

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Liverpool vs Sheffield United: Considering the form that Liverpool is in and the woeful place that Sheffield have in the league table, it was clear right from the outset that this would be a mismatch. Yes, Juergen Klopp’s team was expected to run riot. However, in EPL, there is always uncertainty and that draws fans to every match year in and year out. Giant killers have emerged out of nowhere and ahead of this match, Sheffield fans would have hoped that this would be their day. What were the chances of that? You will have to go back as far as 1994 at Anfield, when Sheffield last registered a victory against Liverpool. Liverpool vs Sheffield United: Chasing the EPL title, coach Jurgen Klopp-led team did not let Sheffield even get into the match. (AFP) Still, can things go wrong? You just have to look at Liverpool’s last scoreline to know that things can and do go wrong. In the match against Brighton, they emerged winners by just a 2-1 score. Considering Liverpool have been hogging …

Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola Set For Premier League Last Dance With Title At Stake

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Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola face off for the final time in the Premier League on Sunday with the title on the line for two coaches who have defined an era in English football. Klopp’s Liverpool lead Guardiola’s Manchester City by one point in the latest title tussle between the two clubs since the inspirational managers arrived in the north-west. The Reds’ first league crown for 30 years in 2020 is the only blip in City’s record of five titles in the past six years. But twice Guardiola’s men have won by a solitary point against a Liverpool team who both times amassed more than 90 points. Klopp is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season and champions City can expect an emotion-fuelled cauldron at Anfield, where even Guardiola has not won in front of fans. City’s only away league win against Liverpool since 2003 came three years ago behind closed doors due to coronavirus restrictions. Despite working with a smaller budget at Liverpool and previously Borussia Dortmund, compared with the backing Guardiola has …

Jurgen Klopp Ranks Liverpool’s League Cup Glory As His ‘Most Special’ Trophy

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Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool’s League Cup final triumph against Chelsea as the “most special” trophy of his career as the German learned he can win with kids. Virgil van Dijk clinched Liverpool’s 1-0 win with a dramatic header two minutes from the end of extra-time at Wembley on Sunday. Liverpool’s victory was especially sweet for Klopp as it came during an injury-hit period for his club that forced him to field a remarkably inexperienced team. The Reds boss started with 20-year-olds Conor Bradley and Harvey Elliott in his side and brought on Bobby Clark (19), James McConnell (19), Jayden Danns (18) and Jarell Quansah (21) from the bench. Injuries had deprived Klopp of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Alisson Becker and Joel Matip among others, while Ryan Gravenberch was stretchered off in the first half. In the circumstances, Klopp ranked the seventh major trophy of his nine-year Liverpool reign as the most memorable of his career. “In more than 20 years it is easily the most special trophy I have …

Jurgen Klopp Is Irreplaceable, Says Liverpool Assistant Manager Pep Lijnders

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Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders says it is impossible to replace Jurgen Klopp and that the club must find someone who can develop their own dynasty. Klopp’s shock decision to step down at the end of the season means owners Fenway Sports Group must find a successor for a manager who has won every club honour, bar the Europa League, during his time at Anfield. The German has the chance to add to his tally in Sunday’s League Cup final against Chelsea — one of four trophies the club could win this season. But Lijnders, who with the rest of Klopp’s backroom staff is also leaving, said there was no point in trying to find someone who would be a clone of the 56-year-old, with former Liverpool midfielder and current Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso the leading candidate. “No one can replace Jurgen Klopp. But I think the past showed already a few difficult transitions,” the Dutchman said on Friday at the club’s pre-match press conference. “What was the most difficult transition inside this club …

Bazball parallels to football: Like Jurgen Klopp did, Brendon McCullum’s England play heavy metal cricket, it deserves its place in history | Football News

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In cricket, eleven different men could play in eleven different ways and win a game in eleven different manners, unbound by a common playing theme, style or structure. Football, though played by eleven men and devouring massive real estate, contrarily to cricket, is bound by structures, styles, and philosophies. Thus, cricket has not had the equivalent of Catenaccio, Total Football, or Tiki Taka or Gegenpressing. The closest a bunch of eleven cricketers have conformed to a uniform way of playing or embodying the same spirit as the others in the team, is Bazball, the radical code of Brendon McCullum’s England Test team. In full flow, it’s thrilling to watch. Batsmen attack from the first ball; bowlers bound out off their blocks; fielders are often uniquely stationed, no condition fazes them; no opposition daunts them. The aggression is relentless, similar to Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund gegenpressers, who pressed and probed the adversaries to submission. It was heavy metal football, just as McCullum’s England blast heavy metal cricket. Loud and beautiful, bold and audacious. The Klopp-ball press …

Jurgen Klinsmann Says South Korea ‘Ready To Suffer’ In Asian Cup Last Eight

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Jurgen Klinsmann said South Korea “have to be ready to suffer” when they face Australia in the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Friday, 72 hours after beating Saudi Arabia on penalties. Klinsmann’s side came through an epic last-16 game in Doha and must now recover in time to take on an Australia side that had two days more to recover. The German legend said his players are “ready for a battle” as they look to book a semi-final place against either Jordan or Tajikistan. “If you want to go through to the knockout phase of a big tournament you have to suffer,” said Klinsmann on Thursday. “You have to be ready to suffer, you have to deal with pain.” South Korea had to come back from the dead to see off Roberto Mancini’s Saudis, scoring a 99th-minute equaliser to take the game into extra time. Led by Son Heung-min, the Koreans started slowly but found their attacking spark and had several chances to win the game before the shootout. They are looking to win …