Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar reckons Jurgen Klopp is a reincarnation of the great Bill Shankly – only with a German accent.
Grobbelaar, a six-time title winner and the man whose penalty shoot-out saves took the European Cup back to Anfield in 1984, played under Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan, Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness during 13 glorious years on Merseyside.
But the influence of Shankly was always bubbling under the surface. And Grobbelaar believes the manager who built Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility more than half-a-century ago now has a kindred spirit in the guise of Klopp.
Grobbelaar said: “Jurgen Klopp isn’t just a great manager. He understands the city of Liverpool and the people. And he knows what the club means to
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