Across his time as manager of Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp has earned his reputation as one of the finest football managers of the modern era.
But Klopp would be the first to admit he wouldn’t be where he is today without some truly brilliant footballers at his disposal.
So who are the best of the best he’s managed? We’ve put together an all-time XI of the Klopp’s greatest players – with apologies to Mainz, who miss out on any representation here due to some absolute world-beaters from Liverpool and Dortmund.
GK: Alisson
Only three players have made more appearances under Klopp than Roman Weidenfeller, his No.1 for seven years at Dortmund, but we can’t look beyond Alisson between the sticks.
Arguably the best goalkeeper in the world – an argument we’re sure Klopp himself would make – the Brazilian’s arrival from Roma in 2018 was the final piece in the jigsaw for Liverpool to go and win the Champions League and Premier League.
Not only has he been a brilliant goalkeeper for Liverpool, but his manager evidently has boundless love and respect for Alisson as a human being.
“No one really has the words to explain what they feel in these moments. I know I’m not adequate,” Klopp wrote in the Liverpool programme following the tragic death of the goalkeeper’s father.
“So instead I wish to tell Alisson how much this team and this club loves him and his family.
“The greatest tribute possible to Alisson’s father is the person his son is and has become. He honours him every day with how he lives his life.”
Seeing as Alisson has just signed a new contract, here is his goal against West Brom that got us into the top four. pic.twitter.com/fRRnB2Ui2Z
— – (@AnfieldRd96) August 4, 2021
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold
The only player in this XI to have been handed their professional debut by Klopp, Alexander-Arnold has gone on to make over 200 appearances for his boyhood club – with Klopp the only man he’s ever known in the dugout.
And what a player he’s become in that time. Sixty-two assists in 226 appearances is an insane record for a 23-year-old full-back. Only Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino have notched more assists for a Klopp team.
CB: Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool are still yet to lose at Anfield in the Premier League with the imposing Dutch defender at the heart of their backline.
In three full seasons with Van Dijk fit and available, Liverpool have averaged 96 points a campaign, losing just six…
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