Echoes of Bill Shankly come together as Jurgen Klopp wins the hearts of Merseyside
Unlike most Premier League bosses, the German has built a true connection with the club’s locality
All Smiles: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Credit: Reuters
When Liverpool paraded the 2019 Champions League trophy through the city, Jurgen Klopp’s wife – Ulla – waved from her perch on a bin outside the Liver Building.
As a metaphor for their immersion into the independent spirit of a city hit over the head by generations of government condescension and almost institutional sarcasm, that image has a quiet power. The Klopps get Liverpool. They get the humour and hard resilience of the people, the instinctive mistrust of authority.
