Liverpool Backroom Staff Praise Klopp’s Methods

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The love fest continues! It’s The Big Klopp Love-In here at TLO today, as well as across the vast majority of Reds fandom, and outlets are filled to the rafters with statistics, quotes and anecdotes that highlight just how special the German is, and how extraordinary the job he has done at Anfield in the past four years has been. For once, the international break serves a purpose.
Despite his massively obvious charisma and far more subtle — but no less potent — grasp of the tactical and strategic aspects of the sport in which he makes his living, perhaps the quality that best defines Jürgen Klopp’s managerial approach is the lack of ego. The 52-year old is remarkably comfortable working within a system, having previously collaborat...