Former Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp hails Jurgen Klopp appointment

The German will replace Brendan Rodgers at Anfield and has signed a three year contract with the Reds, worth in the region of 7 million pounds per season.

Klopp is taking charge of a similar club to Dortmund – with its working-class roots, strong heritage and passionate fan base – and many believe the German is a ideal fit at Liverpool.

But while he rivals Jose Mourinho – whose path he will soon cross – in the quotability stakes, it is on the pitch and the training ground that Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group will expect him to deliver.

To continue the similarities, Klopp’s first league game will be at White Hart Lane a week on Saturday just as Benitez’s first taste of the Premier League came away at Tottenham in August 2004 when Djibril Cisse scored on debut in a 1-1 draw.

Klopp takes over a Liverpool side who have won only four of their 11 games in all competitions this season.

Klopp has described his preferred approach as “heavy-metal football” – exciting, high tempo, high pressure and relentless.

The 48-year-old will be presented at a 0900GMT press conference on Friday following a whirlwind week at Anfield that started with the abrupt conclusion of Rodgers’ reign and ends with the significant coup of securing one of Europe’s most highly-rated managers.

He further added that Klopp gives a “warm feeling” to the whole of any club he works for, hailing his seven “wonderful” years in charge of Dortmund – which Liverpool fans will be hoping to see him recreate on Merseyside over the next few seasons.

Upon leaving Dortmund in May, Klopp insisted he would take a sabbatical from the game to recharge his batteries.

Jürgen Klopp becomes Liverpool’s twentieth full-time manager and the second German to manage n England’s top division after Felix Magath.

He is expected to have Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz – his former assistants at the Bundesliga club – at Anfield.

First-team coach Gary McAllister and assistant manager Sean O’Driscoll – who were only brought in over the summer in an overhaul of coaching personnel – have left their posts.

Klopp was Dortmund boss for seven years, leading the club to back-to-back Bundesliga titles and the DFB Pokal, while they finished as runners-up in the Champions League after a 2-1 loss to Bayern Munich at Wembley in 2013.

As well as McAllister and O’Driscoll, Liverpool’s head of opposition analysis Chris Davies – who joined the club with Rodgers in 2012 – is also heading out the club.

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