{"id":158470,"date":"2015-10-09T07:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158470"},"modified":"2015-10-09T07:49:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:49:26","slug":"liverpool-jurgen-klopp-confirmed-as-manager-at-anfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-confirmed-as-manager-at-anfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp confirmed as manager at Anfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Jurgen Klopp has been appointed Liverpool\u2019s new manager on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old German replaces Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked\u00a0on Sunday after three and a half years in charge with the club 10th in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp has been out of work since May, when he ended a seven-year spell at Borussia Dortmund to take a sabbatical.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to have Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz \u2013 his former assistants at the Bundesliga club \u2013 at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Driscoll, who was Rodgers\u2019 assistant, has left the club, while Gary McAllister has been moved from first-team coach to a new \u201cambassadorial position\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp will be officially unveiled by Liverpool on Friday at 10:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p>After seven years as Mainz boss, Klopp joined Dortmund in 2008 and led them to two Bundesliga titles.<\/p>\n<p>They lost to Wolfsburg in last season\u2019s German Cup final \u2013 his final game \u2013 at the end of a campaign in which they struggled domestically, finishing seventh in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp takes over a Liverpool side who have won only four of their 11 games in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>The international break means his first game in charge is a trip to Tottenham in the Premier League on 17 October.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp will have to work within the existing structure and what has become known as<span class=\"text\">Anfield\u2019s \u2018transfer committee\u2019. <\/span><span class=\"external-link-icon\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"data-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<th class=\"left first\">\n<h2>Klopp facts<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Born: <\/strong>16 June 1967, Stuttgart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Playing career: <\/strong>Mainz (1989-2001)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Managerial career:<\/strong> Mainz (2001-08), Borussia Dortmund (2008-15), Liverpool (2015- )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Honours: <\/strong>(with Dortmund) Bundesliga 2010-11, 2011-12, DFB-Pokal 2011-12, DFL-Supercup 2008, 2013, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Individual honours:<\/strong> (with Dortmund) German manager of the year 2011, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It is the group that plans and carries out transfer strategy and up until Sunday night consisted of Rodgers, scouts Dave Fallows and Barry Hunter, the man in charge of analysis Michael Edwards, FSG\u2019s Anfield representative Mike Gordon and chief executive Ian Ayre.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Irishman Rodgers, who took over in June 2012, led the Reds to second place in the Premier League in 2013-14.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-50112 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/85986521_borussiadortmund.png\" alt=\"_85986521_borussiadortmund\" width=\"613\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp has been appointed Liverpool\u2019s new manager on a three-year deal. 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