Why did Klopp send a message to Titans head coach Brian Callahan?
The Premier League and Champions League winner had words of advice for Callahan, set for his first year as head coach in the NFL.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was involved in a pulsating Premier League draw against bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday, a result which dents The Reds’ hopes of beating Arsenal and Manchester City to the title. Before the game at Old Trafford, it came to light that the German had sent a message to Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan in a soccer-NFL crossover.
The reason for Klopp doing so was as a response to Callahan quoting him when he was hired by the Titans back in January.
“There’s a quote from Jurgen Klopp - I didn’t want to just rip it off and present it as my own. But he said it at one point: “When you agree on a common idea and work towards it together, you can create something very special,” Callahan said at his unveiling.
On the Premier League’s Premier League Mornings Live show, Klopp was shown the clip of the new Titans coach’s original press conference, with Callahan then also invited to watch the Liverpool manager’s reaction.
The former Borussia Dortmund boss, who won the Premier League and the Champions League with Liverpool in 2020, has plenty of advice for his counterpart, who will be taking on his first ever position as a head coach at the age of 39.
“It’s a drain! The next world class coaches in American football or football are already out there. He might be one of them. Why not?
“He seems to be a nice guy, which I think is a really important part of it as well, because you lead a team of people and if they hate you every day, that can work in the short term but it will never work in the long term. Being a good person is quite helpful as well.
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