Ballon d’Or winner Mathias Sammer says Jurgen Klopp is the ‘measure for all coaches’ ahead of Real Madrid showdown

The 1996 Ballon d’Or winner Mathias Sammer believes Jurgen Klopp is ‘measure for all things as a coach’ and the best in the world at what he does. In an interview with sportbild, Sammer waxed lyrical in his praise for Klopp, ranking him above the likes of Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti. Ad/> He said: “Jurgen Klopp is currently the measure of all things, no question — how he lets football play in Liverpool, the flexibility and mentality, the unpredictability, even in difficult phases to always be able to score goals and come back.

Football'A shame Stevie can't play' — Klopp hoping for Gerrard help in title raceYESTERDAY AT 12:30 “You cannot overestimate what Jurgen Klopp is doing for Liverpool and as a German coach for the image of German football. That can make us all proud. “Jurgen Klopp can always reinvent himself with Liverpool, he is constantly looking for new building blocks, also in his coaching and supervisory staff, in order to further improve the quality.

The fact that a strong leader like Jurgen Klopp gathers top specialists around him for the perfect result cannot be credited to him highly enough.” Klopp will come head-to-head with Ancelotti in the Champions League final on May 28, and Sammer was also effusive in his praise for the Italian who became the first coach to win a title in all of Europe’s top five divisions. Mbappe set to stay at PSG in dramatic U-turn — reports De Bruyne named Premier League Player of the Season “Carlo Ancelotti is in my eyes – may he forgive me – an old, wise father coach. Of course, at first glance, Real doesn't always stand for innovation, for the extraordinary.