“After 30 years, Liverpool HAVE won the Premier League title again. In the first big interview after winning the title, the coach at BILD talks about the historic coup. Klopp on …
… his dance skills, which he performed at the impromptu master party: “I have two older sisters, so I had to come early to do dance classes with them.”
… the second night after winning the title: “It was relaxed, I can’t celebrate that much. We watched the game on Thursday in a golf hotel, after that it was pretty intense. It feels sensational, but we don’t have to celebrate it now.”
… The timing of the trophy handover: “I don’t know for sure. But I think we’ll get them on the penultimate day of our home game against Chelsea because we’ll play away in Newcastle after that.’
… The first time he felt he could win a major title with his team: “I don’t know for sure either, because I never thought about it. But after the defeat in the 2018 Champions League final in Kiev, I knew we were strong enough to be able to play such a final. Then it is clear that you also need luck and in the end keep your nerves. Last year’s Champions League win was the chest-breaking one that carried us through the season.”
… his secret to success: “I didn’t do much differently than Before The Lost Finals in The Years Before. We have made a lot of right decisions together. If I have a talent, it’s probably that I can bring extremely good people together. My coaching staff, for example, is exceptional, but there is not this one parade recipe. However, it is also important that we have constantly developed. The problem in Dortmund was that our team was picked up. That hasn’t happened here and now the team has been exceptionally consistent for two and a half years. We play every game as if it were the last one, because we have nothing else to do on the weekend. (laughs)”
… the Bundesliga as a role model for the re-start: “I wrote A thank you text message to Christian Seifert (DFL chief, the editorial team) and had a lot of contact with him during the lockdown. I told him that the title would not have been possible without him, because the Bundesliga was a great example. For us in England, it was a liberation.”
… To be considered the ‘best trainer in the world’: “I can’t do anything with the title of “Best Trainer in the World”. But I know that together with the whole coaching team we are very good coaches. I think Pep Guardiola is the best.”
… a change in the squad: “This team doesn’t need any change. I can’t promise that we’re dominating football now, I don’t know if it’s time to talk about big upheavals, but I know our goal is to keep the team’s tribe together. The boys are currently in a great football age.”
… a transfer from Jadon Sancho: “Jadon would stand the red jersey very well (laughs). But I don’t think such a transfer will happen this summer. He’s a very interesting player. But if he moved to Liverpool, I would be the most surprised of them all.’
… the meaning of wife Ulla: “My left and right leg would fall over if she wasn’t there. I love them above all else, we are a sensational team. Without them, I wouldn’t be anything!”
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