Profile Jürgen Klopp: The romance of the Klopp

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Age:50

Appearance: tall, bespectacled, unshaven and unmistakably German

Newsworthiness: he leads Liverpool into the Champions League final against Spanish giants Real Madrid this Saturday.

On the day he became Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp told the club’s expectant supporters: “We have to change from doubters to believers.” It wasn’t just the fans that had to change, it was the whole mentality of the club too. At Liverpool’s Melwood training ground, at the manager’s ...