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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Jurgen Klopp’s first Liverpool press conference: From doubters to believers

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Sports, News, Sports News, Soccer

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate Jurgen Klopp’s fourth anniversary in charge of Liverpool, we’ve dug back through the archives to bring you the manager’s first press conference after taking charge. In October 2015 the Reds were sitting 10th in the Premier League as the German came in to replace Brendan Rodgers’ in the managerial hot seat. Sit back and unwind as we take a trip back down memory lane to reminisce on Klopp taking questions on his ambitions for Liverpool ahead of leaving his indelible mark on the Reds forever more. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:10.0

Okay, morning everyone, welcome to Anfield.

0:14.0

Thank you for taking time to come to our press conference.

0:16.0

The final thing to me to do before starting is to introduce the top table.

0:19.0

We have the Liverpool Chief Executive in Air and the new manager of Liverpool

0:23.0

Yeogan Clop. So to kick us off from LFC TV is Peter McDowell.

0:27.0

Good morning, Yergan. Welcome to Liverpool Football Club. Tell us what

0:31.6

has attracted you to this challenge?

0:33.1

How does it feel?

0:34.1

Well, first of all I have to say, no, I have to say sorry for my English.

0:41.6

But usually I'm now on holiday.

0:44.0

But, um, since a few days I know that I, I'll be back in the race and I can't say it it's the biggest honor I can imagine to be here.

0:57.0

For me, one of the biggest clubs in the world and gave me this opportunity to try to help in a situation that's not so difficult like all the people in this room feel I think it's not the perfect moment of course and but I feel it's a good moment to come here and so I feel it's a good moment to come here and so I feel really proud.

1:26.4

What attracted you then to the challenge here at Liverpool?

1:28.7

The intensity of the football, of football, how do people live football in Liverpool or around

1:36.0

Liverpool or all Liverpool fans all over the world so it's not a normal or usual

1:42.4

club it's a special club and if I had two very very special clubs

1:48.3

with Meinzenfern, Bosehadldman and yeah in this row it's a perfect next step for me to to be now here and yes try to

2:00.4

help.

2:01.4

One for you Ian if I may what makes try to help.

2:03.0

One for you, Ian, if I may, what makes Jurgen the right man for the job?

2:07.0

Well, when we obviously started the search, it was important that we found somebody we believe could bring success to the club.

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