Klopp

Barcelona are dreaming of Klopp

La Liga, Premier League, Transfers / October 27, 2021

Barcelona are looking for a replacement for Ronald Koeman, who is said to be hanging loose as coach of the club. Roberto Martinez and club legend Xavi Hernández have previously been mentioned as potential replacements for the Dutchman, but now there are reports that Barça have identified a dream coach.

It is Spanish Sport who writes that Koeman’s contract, which expires after the season, will not be extended. Barça president Joan Laporta’s big dream is now said to be to recruit Jürgen Klopp for next season.

According to reports, Barcelona are investigating the possibility of bringing in the Liverpool coach this summer. However, Klopp has a contract with Liverpool that extends over the 2024 season, and will not be open to leaving the Merseyside club at the moment.

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Irritated Klopp on Real Madrid’s interest in Liverpool’s head of sports

La Liga, Premier League, Transfers / October 18, 2021

Liverpool’s sporting director Michael Edwards has built up a good reputation following many successful transfers for the English club, such as Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah. But his contract only lasts until next summer.

This is also when Real Madrid plans to make a real inventory of the club. The Spaniards are interested in picking Edwards from the English club, states The Sun. The lure of going to Real in particular will be the big changes that await, where many new players are expected to be brought in, and where it also seems likely that the club will bring in a new coach.

However, Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp is not worried that they will get rid of Edwards. When the question comes up, the German gets rather annoyed.

“What kind of story is that now!? We talk about the contract of the sporting director which expires next year? We’ve worked together for six years and I don’t think I’ve had a different sporting director.

“But it’s not my decision to do these kinds of things, so I don’t know. You need to ask other people about this, but over contracts, we don’t discuss, right. So I will not start now with the sporting director.

“That’s really interesting, I’ve never spoken before about the contract of a sporting director. If it was my point of view, if it expires next year, which I didn’t know exactly, I will think about that next year and not now.”

Edwards came to Liverpool from Tottenham in 2011.

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