RB Lepizig boss Marco Rose is looking forward to working with Jurgen Klopp ahead of the visit of the legendary German’s former club Liverpool.
Klopp will become Head of Global Football at Red Bull on January 1, which will see the 57-year-old oversee clubs inside their ownership group, including Leipzig.
The former Reds icon, who left Anfield in May, will not be present at the Red Bull Arena for the Champions League game on Wednesday but his shadow will loom large as the two clubs meet.
And Rose, who spent six years working under Klopp as a player at Mainz, says he has learnt a huge amount from his former coach.
“[When I was a player] he always brought a lot of energy into our team,” Rose said.
“Maybe we would be feeling weak but he came in and gave us the confidence, the power to play the next match and to believe in yourself, to believe that every situation can be turned around.
“As a coach, you can learn a lot from him. We might not always have been of the same opinion, but how he leads a group is unique, his honesty. Then it is especially about defending that I learned from him a lot.
“He is a great personality and a great person. I loved working together with him and I’m happy that we’ll work together again.”
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“They are strong at pressing and work hard defensively. They are physical and a strong team without possession, something that they were good at under Jürgen Klopp and now Arne Slot is doing it in his own way. Their game hasn’t changed much, they still… pic.twitter.com/Tw9DfUeEt7
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‘Slot doing things his own way’
Liverpool have made an impressive start to the post-Klopp era, having won 10 of their 11 games in all competitions since the former Feyernoord boss was appointed.
The Anfield club have won plaudits for their more controlled approach under the Dutch coach but Rose believes Klopp’s impact on the Reds is still clear to see in…
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