The Jurgen Klopp Effect at Liverpool FC

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Jurgen Klopp has kept Liverpool FC on steady waters since he became their coach in 2015. He's taken the club to three UEFA Champions League final matches and won the title once. Klopp has won six titles for Liverpool since he left Borussia Dortmund. With Dortmund in Germany, Klopp had already distinguished himself. He competed almost at par with Bayern Munich FC, who has turned the German Bundesliga to a one team league, where they won virtually all the titles, leaving the crumbs for the others. He won the Bundesliga with them in the 2010/11 season. Eight years of Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool FC

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When he first arrived, the team was crumbling and at the twilight of the Stephen Gerrard's era. He then set out on a gradual rebuild to give the team a better spine. He brought Loris Karius, Saido Mane, Joel Matip Georginio Wijnaldum. They lost the Europa cup finals three goals to one to Sevilla in 2017. This brought them hope, and then painfully lost the 2018 UEFA Champions League to the great Real Madrid FC led by Gareth Bale’s dynamism. He continued his rebuild; for Loris Karius and Mignolet, he bought Allison Becker for the goalkeeper's position. He brought Roberto Fermino, Mohammed Salah into the attack and Nabil Kaita in the midfield. Not to forget Virgil Van Dijk and in the defence. With these men, Liverpool FC began to compete at the highest levels with Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United et al. This period marked the first era of the Klopp rebuild and it worked perfectly with the good results that followed. Liverpool FC won the UEFA Champions League final in 2019 beating Tottenham Hotspur FC. The second rebuild In 2022, they narrowly lost the UEFA Champions League, again to Real Madrid, losing one goal to nil and have gradually begun another rebuild. With their long-serving captain, Jordan Henderson, Saido Mane, Roberto Fermino, Nabil Keita (never did much though) gone, he's brought players such as Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, Diego Jota, Ibrahim Konate, Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alex McAllister, Ryan Gravernbach, and these players look perfectly settled to improve the team. The results so far gives the impression of similar success with the first rebuild. Jurgen Klopp has always been very pragmatic, attack-minded and ruthless in picking the maximum points against his opponents. Apart from possibly Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, no other club competes better in not crumbling when least expected.

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In spite of their heroics, last season was tough for Klopp’s Liverpool FC. They fell to the firepower of Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle FC. These teams took the English UEFA Champions League tickets, leaving Liverpool to fall to the Europa League. Jurgen Klopp, the Astute Financial Manager Klopp has been a good financial manager in his rebuild and Liverpool FC has spent far less than the Manchester teams, Arsenal and Chelsea throughout his reign. He has been very successful in his purchases; most players who have arrived under him have performed well. Liverpool FC has started the 2023/24 season on a good note, both in the English Premier League and Europa. They endured a torrid time at the Tottenham Hotspur FC stadium two weeks ago, due to bad VAR calls, but the future looks very bright for them this season.