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World Service,24 Mar 2020,26 mins

The importance of Jurgen Klopp

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The manager of Liverpool Football Club, who lead them to victory in the Champions League. But Jurgen Klopp has not always been this successful. When he was a young footballer at Mainz 05 in Germany, his former team mate Guido Shafer says he 'had no talent'. So what can we learn from his childhood in Germany's Black Forest? How did he become the manager he is today? Presenter: Becky Milligan Producer: Phoebe Keane (Photo: Jurgen Klopp celebrates at the end of the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and AFC Bournemouth at Anfield in Liverpool. Credit: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images)

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