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You’ll never talk alone: Jürgen Klopp’s homage to spirit of Bill Shankly is a lesson for all leaders
The German coach has shown how it is possible to harness a culture to inspire individuals
Jürgen Klopp keeps a photograph of Bill Shankly hanging in his office. It’s appropriate that Liverpool’s German coach doffs his black baseball cap when he sees it for good luck. Klopp is his natural heir. The similarities between the two Messianic figures, and their impact at Liverpool Football Club, are striking.
When Shankly took over Liverpool in 1959, the club was languishing in the old Second Division. Anfield was "the biggest toilet in Liverpool,” he ...