Klopp hailed as ‘best coach in whole world’
Date published: Tuesday 7th February 2017 9:51
Kevin Prince-Boateng has hailed Jurgen Klopp as “the best coach in the whole world” even though he was only managed by the German for six months.
The Las Palmas midfielder went on loan to Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund in 2009 from Tottenham and only financial constraints prevented Klopp from making the deal permanent.
“He’s the best coach in the whole world,” Boateng told The Guardian.
“He knows when to push you and when to comfort you. He knows when you need a drink, when you need water.
“He has everything. Ask the players and they’ll say: ‘He’s the best, I’d die for him.’
“He knows exactly what every player needs and gives them time.
“There were players at Dortmund who played five minutes in six months but they were happy: happy to come to training, happy to work, because he made you feel important.
“Not necessarily as a player – maybe he doesn’t need you – but as a person. That’s why he’s successful everywhere. And Liverpool’s perfect; just watching his presentation you see it. ‘The normal one’: people there love that.
“I’m happy to have met Klopp, to have worked with him, even if it was only six months.”
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