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Liverpool fans truly madly deeply in love with ‘father figure’ Klopp

Published 14:17 29 Oct 2015 GMT

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Liverpool fans truly madly deeply in love with ‘father figure’ Klopp

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The Jurgen Klopp era may still be in it's very early infancy, but Liverpool fans are clearly besotted with their new manager.

A combination of the German's natural authority, magnetic charisma, and also what came before, have elevated the 'Normal One' to levels of cult status already. Whereas Brendan Rodgers was prone to self-promotion and blame-shifting, there is a real sense that Klopp is already perceived as a benevolent father-figure by his new squad. https://twitter.com/madmanlennon/status/656232967350697988 Compare Klopp's overly-affectionate treatment of fringe players such as Joe Allen, to how the former Liverpool manager singled out Raheem Sterling for stick on the 'Being: Liverpool' documentary... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujTSELwsPA The Anfield faithful are clearly hugely enamoured by the former Borussia Dortmund man, and can't get enough of his emotive pitch-side manner. Ali loves how the players respond to their new mentor... https://twitter.com/ALI_LFC_/status/659485410473680899 And he's not the only one... https://twitter.com/TheGlobalKop/status/659709407459168256 https://twitter.com/SomeoneYouL0ve/status/659484899456495616 https://twitter.com/ChrisK3211/status/659484379685744640 https://twitter.com/akito_661/status/659571134288015360 Some are simply impressed by the pumped up way he enters the Anfield arena... https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldChat/status/659472288354537472 Whilst at the same time loving his expressive shows of passion... https://twitter.com/iUtkarshJoshi/status/657283075814985728 https://twitter.com/LFCphoto/status/659470671018373120 https://twitter.com/kopitetilldeath/status/659502793057677313 https://twitter.com/Sean_Cronin_/status/658710250179153925 https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldChat/status/658339984756355072 https://twitter.com/Ben_Kultajalka/status/659612688188878848 https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldChat/status/658358999142825985 But the prevailing sense is that Anfield has a new paternal presence (rather than a slightly creepy little uncle)... https://twitter.com/JonnoLovesLFC/status/659484397570273280 https://twitter.com/dragneel3/status/659484312023269376 https://twitter.com/PacinoKid/status/659486106174517248 https://twitter.com/kfirealcatrez/status/659484249242734592 https://twitter.com/stephenhannah24/status/659474214228000769 https://twitter.com/itsDereknotEric/status/655814869715824640 https://twitter.com/Jones10Sam/status/659518875860664320 https://twitter.com/MMMonuMMM/status/659484171555983360

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