For me, someone who would be a likely signing is centre back Neven Subotić. He followed Klopp from Mainz to Dortmund & has lost his place since he left. Obviously defensive recruits will be a priority. Due to the real need of this type of player Sven Bender is another one from Dortmund. He doesn't have the same calibre of clubs sniffing around him that Gundogan does. Dortmund players could be a problem though as many may be sick of Klopp after so long under him & they're doing well under Thomas Tuchel. Looking at other clubs in Germany, he's supposed to have been an admirer of Kevin Volland. He could fancy joining back up with Firmino. Kagawa would be banter. He also gets on really well with Sahin, can't see these two though.
I'm unsure how much poaching of Dortmund players he'd be comfortable with really, may be wrong though. Perhaps we can get hold of their sporting director, whom he has a great relationship with. Most of all, I want Mkhitaryan. To make learning to spell and pronounce his name a few years ago worthwhile, finally.
Yeah this is a relevant point, I don't think their fans would think any less of him though. Rather working under him then someone else or yet another going to Bayern. It's normal for a manager to want players he knows he can trust with him at a new club, helps him get the dressing room & also he knows their qualities. I think he will too. Yeah mate, Michael Zorc in as DoF would be sweet, would give him more power with transfers as well. He's just signed a new contract though so unsure about that one. Absolutely not, his hard to spell name aside that shit head said LFC were a club of the past, Dortmund a club of the future. F#ck him. & yeah I learned how to spell it then but I've forgotten now so I'd be needing to paste it from elsewhere.
at the risk of southamptoning up another thread... koeman left feyenoord with a similar fanfare as klopp received, proclaiming himself once a feyenoorder always a feyenoorder. we took their star striker the same summer, their captain the summer after, one of their young talents has been an unsettled contract rebel since last january, it's openly understood that he wanted to join us, and we didn't even do them the courtecy of taking lex immers. perhaps klopp and dortmund wouldn't see dortmund losing their players as so inevitable as a dutch side though.
thinking about it, i'd be surprised if you pulled the rug out from under dortmund mid season. next summer maybe.
If you look at some of the recent players who've been poached from Dortmund... Sahin, Kagawa, Götze, Lewandowski, only really Lewandowski hasn't had a bad experience. So some still at Dortmund may be scared to move now after seeing & hearing about what their mates have went through. That could be an issue. You know the best player we could possibly get through the Klopp connection, is probaby Mario Götze. He doesn't get on with Pep, is on the fringes of their squad, especially when Ribery & Robben are back, & he got on well with Klopp that he was deeply affected when Götze left. I know it sounds pie in the sky but if the timing is right, who knows. I won't be placing any money on it mind you. Brutal. Koeman/Feyenoord is a good example. I do think Klopp will go back to what he knows & try & bring some BVB players in despite his relationship with the fans. I've seen it said that they wouldn't even begrudge him taking over at Bayern although not sure about that one. tbf they're used to losing players
Bender and Subotic would be superb, as would Volland. As we have seen it's more about how you use players, I'm really interested in seeing Klopp getting the maximum out of the current squad- which I believe has a lot of talent in.
I think the two scenarios.. Klopp at Dortmund, Klopp at Liverpool are too different. I don't see why he would resort to grabbing players from Dortmund when he will be given the funds to buy so many others. Which was something I don't believe he was afforded at Dortmund. It's easy to look at Dortmund and think we'll just cherry pick their players. But I really don't see that happening. German's will be on their way in the squad but I don't think it'll be just from Dortmund. I also think there's a chance NONE come from Dortmund out of respect.
Yeah tbf he's not a cheque book manager, he's is all about getting the best from what he has. But we definitely need reinforcements in January. That definitely won't happen... they're doing well, they may be sick of Klopp, Dortmund are a big club, their players are loyal & there is the relationship with the fans, so there's alot against that happening. But I'd be shocked if he doesn't bring anyone in from Dortmund. One or maybe two IMO. But yeah I think he'll be all over getting players from the Bundesliga, there's loads of talent at smallish clubs.
Subotic has never really got over his ACL from a couple of years back. He's never really got his form back. I wouldn't really want any Dortmund defenders other than Hummels who'd be out of our reach. Midfield wise i'd take Bender or Mikhitaryan. Gundogan again probably out of reach, same with Reus. Aubemeyang I wanted us to get in the summer over Benteke.
Personally for January I think the priorities should be an out and out defensive midfielder and an out and out winger (or recall Markovic ffs ). Personally think we should be poaching all over the BL.
Ridiculously high. Only chance would be if John Henry who is aware of us all wanting Reus goes all out to get him to earn favour with the fans & even then unlikely. Check out this brand new Hummels quote though... “There’s no doubt he’s a fantastic coach and when people put their mind to the question of ‘what does he do post-Dortmund?’ then clubs like Liverpool naturally come into the equation,” said Hummels, speaking before Germany’s Euro 2016 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. “He eats, lives, breathes and thinks football day after day and is a fantastic addition to any team. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for him in his next venture.” hmmmm
No he's a prick. We all got excited over him & then he said that LFC were a team of the past, Dortmund were a team of the future. Twat. Anyway he's already had the choice of the two clubs, unless Klopp was really instrumental in that move that's dead in the water. I think he might be out of our reach now, has become key player for Dortmund. This will happen, pity Son went to Spurs. I think considering he was scouted by the shitmittee, he woulda been a target.
No way will Klopp start buying any Dortmund players, he won't ruin his rapport with the fans that way. He would consider it a betrayal "Susi" Zorc is a Dortmund man 100%, he will never leave BVB, they'd have to carry him out. Edit : It's also important to remember that there are as many people over here who dislike Klopp as those who like him. The notion that half the BL will be scrambling to join him is a bit wide of the mark tbh. That doesn't happen when other foreign managers join clubs so why with Klopp ? I see Götze was mentioned and a few weeks ago I'd put some credence in that, but since then he has said he wants to stay and been in the first team a lot so for the moment I'd be sceptical about that.
I think Subotic is nailed on if we sign any Dortmund players he is effectively 4th choice under Tuchel I think.
Just giving my opinion. Klopp did share a great rapport with the fans and he's not the type to do the dirty on them. As for Zorc he's been at Dortmund for 37 years as a youth player, player, (463 Bundesliga games, 131 goals, around 600 games altogether), and now sports director. He bleeds yellow and black and will never join another club unless BVB chucked him out. Edit : He was a bloody good player too, saw him a few times v Bayern.
