Jurgen Klopp

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More coverage is given to the tactical changes during his playing career than during his management career, and there is too much of an emphasis on his team's results, rather than his role as manager - with the notable exception of his touchline antics.

The book itself is very personal and intimate with lots of interviews from the people at the heart of the life and career of Kloppo. I understand what Honigstein was trying to achieve – linking his first days at each club together to enable the reader to make comparisons between his time at Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool. There are a few decent tidbits of insight, such as the influence of Wolfgang Frank on Klopp's career. He developed his 'gegenpress' style from the outset of his coaching days and has continued with it to the present day.Former England captain Alan Shearer said the players should be able to reflect positively on what they had done this season, despite the disappointment of missing out on league and European honours. Klopp’s story is told in an immensely readable style that forgoes leaden stats: his transition from player to manager at Mainz (where he inspired so much devotion that 8,000 fans turned out to greet him even when his team had erred rather than triumphed); his sojourn as a pundit; the move to Bundesliga mainstays Borussia Dortmund.

When you win, it’s down to you and when you lose, it’s down to me,’ he had told them in a bid to ease unspoken concerns about the new, complex and very demanding playing style.

I'm a FC Barcelona fan but I have also liked the way Liverpool play since "the miracle of Istanbul". If a not so football addict like me can learn a thing or two, football maniacs especially Liverpool fans should read this book. The Aston Villa boss told BT Sport: "Liverpool didn't do a lot wrong, just came up against a top goalkeeper and defence. And it is reflected in the book, which gives the overall context and “feel” around the development of Mainz, Dortmund, and Liverpool within Klopp's respective periods in life, from the wreck at the beginning for each club to the few years of building up the team until its success stories for Dortmund and Liverpool.

Fiquei um pouco incomodado só com a forma como o livro é estruturado e também achei q foca em algumas coisas q eu particularmente não julgo tão importante, e outras coisas q eu gostaria q fossem focadas não foram. For a Liverpool fan (like this reader) one can read Honigstein's book between the lines and draw some some tentative thoughts about the Klopp era at the club. Looking over the teams and the cities, I decided to parlay my lifelong love of the Beatles into becoming a Liverpool FC fan. They can be proud of their achievements' Liverpool had 24 shots, the most on record (since 2003-04) without scoring for a team in a single Champions League final. The story is about an 11-year-old boy who finds a magic football in the attic, which turns him into an amazing footballer.He parties with them, exchange jokes with them, the hugs, oh the many hugs, and he genuinely value everyone at the club from top to bottom. The conversations with Peter Krawietz, Klopp's second assistant at Liverpool, are particularly illuminating.