Jurgen Klopp leaves bad blood behind with welcome for Sam Allardyce

Jurgen Klopp said any bad blood with Sam Allardyce was in the past as he welcomed the appointment of the new Everton manager.

Klopp and Allardyce clashed verbally when the latter was manager of Sunderland two seasons ago.

Allardyce branded Klopp a “soft German” after the Liverpool boss was so incensed by a tackle from Jeremain Lens on Mamadou Sakho that police stepped in to calm the tension. Allardyce then apologised after claiming Liverpool’s injury problems were down to Klopp’s style of play.