Is there a more passionate manager in the Premier League than Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp?

25 September 2016 14:38

The key to what has been an exciting start and what could be a rewarding end to the season by Liverpool is the 'infectious enthusiasm' and 'energy' of Jack in the technical box Jurgen Klopp.
The vibrancy of the current Reds squad is a mirror image of the manager himself.  That's the view of BBC pundits Martin Keown and Ruud Gullit as they analysed the impact made at Anfield by the effervescent German.
I agree with them wholeheartedly and if there was a prize for wearing your heart on your sleeve, Klopp should be given a wardrobe full of Armani shirts. But then, he probably has one already.
Ever since his arrival on the English scene Klopp, with that ever-beaming smile and jumpy, jovial demeanour, has been a breath of fresh air. "I like his energy, and the way he transfers that energy to his players," said Gullit.
He can be terse and straight to the point at times though, as all managers should, and he wasn't in the mood for compliments after his Liverpool side had sunk their teeth into the Tigers in sensational fashion at Anfield Yesterday.
Klopp wasn't even concerned that he had spoiled Hull caretaker boss Mike Phelan's birthday. 'He'll have another one, next year'. 
When asked if the nature of Liverpool's 5-1 drubbing of their owner-less opponents had made a 'statement' to the rest of the Premier League - especially after the win at Chelsea - the dazzling Ultra-brite smile disappeared for a few seconds as he responded: "I am not interested in statements. I am interested only in collecting points."
Fair comment, and he has no intention of changing that philosophy. Why should he? It's worked so far and both he and vice captain James Milner - two-goal penalty hero - agree that, to coin an M People song...things can only get better!
Interviewed on the BBC for Match of the Day, Klopp added: "Before the game I said it would be a very challenging match. There was a job to be done; and we did it." Nuff said.
Klopp, according to BBC pundit Gullit has been 'a welcome addition to the Premier League'. Few, if any, would argue with that and the fight for the title of manager of the year is going to be almost as interesting as the race for the Premier League crown itself.
With Pep Guardiola ripping up trees galore with table-topping Manchester City; Jose Mourinho slowly finding his feet down the road at Old Trafford, and Antonio Conte promising to deliver at the Bridge, English football at the elite level is blessed with some of the best managers in the world.
Then there's Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman and, of course, the 'daddy' of them all Arsene Wenger. All foreign managers, of course, but as Gullit says welcome additions all the same.

Source: DSG