As of: January 22, 2024, 1:21 p.m
By: Philipp Kuserau
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Jürgen Klopp once again demonstrates a sensitive instinct and makes an incredible offer to a seriously ill coaching legend.
Liverpool – Jürgen Klopp has shown many facets of himself throughout his career.
He is known for his sometimes emotional outbursts on the sidelines.
However, Klopp can also be sensitive and heartwarming just as well.
The Liverpool FC coach was recently in the headlines because of his warm words for Franz Beckenbauer, who died on January 7th.
Legendary trainer Eriksson is suffering from incurable pancreatic cancer
“The world will be a completely different place without him, and I really had to process that because I don’t know the world without him,” said the 56-year-old sensitively in the club interview.
Beckenbauer was “Germany’s best footballer of all time,” but “an even better person,” said Klopp, “and that’s really difficult to achieve, but he did it.”
Now the former BVB coach made a name for himself again with a touching gesture.
This time in focus: the seriously ill Sven-Göran Eriksson.
The former England coach is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer and may only have a year left to live, “maybe a little less,” as he recently revealed
in an interview with Swedish radio station
P1
.
Jürgen Klopp has offered a coaching legend his job - even if just for one day.
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Klopp makes Eriksson incredible offer: “He is absolutely welcome”
A lifelong dream of Eriksson's that has not yet come true: to one day coach Liverpool FC.
The Swede recently revealed this in an interview on the television show “Good Morning Britain”.
The 75-year-old once worked as a coach in the Premier League and was on the sidelines at Manchester City and Leicester City.
However, he has always valued the Reds very much and would have liked to become a coach there, said Eriksson in the interview.
Wished, done!
It didn't take long for the reaction and invitation from Klopp to take on part of his job as coach for a day.
“He is absolutely welcome to come here.
And he can sit in my seat in my office and do my job for a day if he wants,” explained Klopp, about whom a wild rumor was recently circulating, in an interview with
Sky News
.
Klopp on Eriksson's lifelong dream: "That's not a problem"
“That’s not a problem,” assured the German coach.
“He can come over and spend a few nice hours here, I'm sure.” It is unclear whether and when Eriksson will accept this warm invitation.
In any case, it’s a nice gesture from Klopp.
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In addition to his stints in the Premier League with City and Leicester, Eriksson also coached clubs in Italy such as Lazio Roma, AC Fiorentina, AS Roma and Sampdoria Genoa.
He accompanied the English national team as a trainer for around five years.
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