An era is coming to an end in Liverpoolinextricably linked to the name of a coach but also of a character who in terms of popularity was perhaps the only one capable of coming close to the unforgettable and unforgettable Billy Shankly, at the helm of the Reds from 1959 to 1974. Jurgen Klopp has said enoughofficially communicating to his club but also to the people with whom he was able to create an authentic and emotionally very intense bond. There is no longer the mental energy to carry forward a football project embraced in October 2015 and which would continue until at least the summer of 2026, on the basis of the contract renewed in April 2002, said the German manager in the interview released to the club’s official channels. And providing a first significant clue regarding what his future challenge could be: “I will not coach any other Premier League club other than Liverpool”. Because at this point the question arises spontaneously: who can offer Klopp the necessary stimuli today to start again immediately and give up the possibility, not to be discarded, of a sabbatical?
THE SERIES DREAM – With the much feared and fearsome competition from the rich English clubs disappearing, the possibilities regarding the future of the coach who grew up in Mainz and emerged for the first time on the international scene thanks to the exploits of Dortmund – two German championships taken from Bayern Munich and one Champions League final, the first in his career and the first all-German, in 2013 at Wembley – are significantly reduced and they also offer Serie A teams the until recently unsuspected chances of targeting one of the best coaches of the modern era. His latest salary increase, taken at the time of signing the last renewal for the spring of 2022, led him to receive something like 19 million euros gross per season, making it one of the best paid around Europe. A salary that is certainly for a top club and which, in the event that his choice fell on our championship, would have a significant impact on the budget of an Italian club after the government’s decision to abolish the Growth Decree. Juventus and Milan are currently the two big names in Serie A that have the greatest possibility of changing technical leadership next summer: the Bianconeri are linked to Massimiliano Allegri until 2025 but at the moment the Livorno coach has always taken refuge behind circumstantial words when he was questioned about the possibility of prolonging his marriage, while Stefano Pioli – in turn linked to the Rossoneri by a another year of contract – has reached the end of a journey and the rumors about Antonio Conte and Thiago Motta lead towards a natural separation in June.
JUVE, MILAN O… – By name, international appeal and desire or opportunity to inaugurate a new and ambitious cycle, Juve and Milan are the two most suggestive and intriguing options, also in light of the absolutely modern vision of football that Klopp was able to develop first in Germany and then in England, in the tradition of gegenpressing. And without forgetting that, as the person concerned has repeatedly remarked, the coach he looked up to and was inspired by at the beginning was a certain Arrigo Sacchi. Not to be discarded is Napoli, a club that is very unlikely to restart in July from Walter Mazzarri and which, although it is more active on emerging Italian profiles such as Italiano, Farioli or Palladino for the coming season, would not remain insensitive to such a wide-ranging international profile , also knowing President De Laurentiis’s taste for entertainment and fireworks.
THE COMPETITION – Looking abroad instead and to Klopp’s legitimate desire to try an experience in a new championship, they cannot help but attract the possibilities of coaching two authentic institutions such as Real Madrid and Barcelonawith the former however tied to Carlo Ancelotti at least until 2026 – and perhaps with a style of play not inclined to the refined palates and more dedicated to the dribbling of the “Bernabeu” – and the latter who are far from certain of starting again from Xavi even next season but which offer lower prospects in terms of spending for the purchasing campaign in light of the recent economic problems. The most worrying alternative scenarios on Klopp from an Italian perspective lead to Germany and in particular to two solutions highly coveted and perfectly in line with the pedigree of a professional who will turn 57 next June.
BAYERN RECALL – Bayern Munich or German national team. The German champion team is linked to Thomas Tuchel, great friend and author of a path similar to that of Klopp, having taken up his legacy in Mainz, until the summer of 2025 but, after the tiring last season as a substitute which ended with a Bundesliga won in a photo finish courtesy of Borussia Dortmund, knows that there is a lot at stake in the one currently underway. The head-to-head with Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen to win the championship has so far provided a version still too full of ups and downs for the Bavarian eleven, on the contrary called to a return to his natural standards in the Champions League after the elimination without appeal in the quarter-finals at the hands of Manchester City in the 2023 edition. The first obstacle of the second phase will be Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio (the first act is scheduled for February 14th), which will give the measure of the real ambitions and prospects of a club that would not easily tolerate another international flop from Tuchel. Klopp has repeatedly been compared in the past to the most “uncomfortable” but also most coveted bench in all of German football and a handover with Tuchel would allow him to return to his country 9 years after his departure for England .
HYPOTHESES FROM CT – Attention then to future scenarios linked to the role of technical commissioner of Germany, in full reconstruction and in the midst of an identity crisis after the premature interruption of the relationship with Hansi Flick and the task entrusted to the former Bayern player Julian Nagelsmann, who is committed to the federation until the home European Championships next summer but that at the end of the same he could decide to consider the idea of returning to the helm of a club also in light of his very young age. At that point Klopp’s name would be absolutely usable to bring together all the fans of a national team that is embarking on a new cycle and a new course after two consecutive failures at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and which is looking towards the 2026 edition as a reference.
2024-01-26 12:30:00
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