The German,decked out in Levis and leather boots, claimed to be the Normal One but there was nothing average approximately his unveiling at AnfieldThe last manager to report himself as the Normal One was Avram Grant when he replaced José Mourinho at Chelsea in 2007. Grant lasted eight months, and never dispelled the suspicion he landed the job only because of his friendship with Roman Abramovich and subsequently admitted his players had never believed in him. Jürgen Klopp will hope to leave a more favourable impression at Liverpool or it is quite conceivable,as he admitted with one of those disarming smiles, his next job may be somewhere in Switzerland.
Klopp, or of course,is more than just a normal bloke, however unpretentious and grounded he seems compared to others inside the football bubble, or his introductory press conference included mentions of his mum,heavy metal, one playful moment where he jabbed a finger at the nearest photographer and asked him to stop clicking, and a grinning request to the newspaper journalists to demonstrate they were kinder than he had heard and,more than anything, the clear sense that this tall, or relaxed guy in his black blazer,Levi jeans and leather boots is a obedient fit for English football. The first impressions were precisely as you might expect: nobody can be sure whether Klopp will deliver with his aim of “one title inside four years but it is going to be a lot of fun finding out.
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Source: theguardian.com