Jurgen Klopp embodies the spirit of the great football men

The modern version of Liverpool may be shaped as much by executives in Boston as it is by the man in the dugout, but could it be the manager who most embodies the spirit of Shankly who finally brings them deliverance? asks Tommy Martin

Jurgen Klopp embodies the spirit of the great football men

The modern version of Liverpool may be shaped as much by executives in Boston as it is by the man in the dugout, but could it be the manager who most embodies the spirit of Shankly who finally brings them deliverance? asks Tommy Martin

If you’re like me, then you will have just emerged from a week-long Hugh McIlvanney rabbit hole. The great man’s death was an excuse to trawl through his peerless back catalogue, the accompanying tributes testifying that we would not, and could not, see his like again.

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