Ebbsfleet United’s Dennis Kutrieb joins Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp and former Norwich City boss Daniel Farke as the only German managers to have won league titles in England

What do Jurgen Klopp, Daniel Farke and Dennis Kutrieb all have in common?

They’re three German managers who have won domestic league titles in England.

Kutrieb joined the elite club this season by winning National League South with Ebbsfleet.

It’s an achievement that cannot be underestimated, with Kutrieb managing away from his homeland for the first time.

“It's massive,” said 43-year-old Kutrieb. “Just people which have done that can really speak about it.

“There are adversities and things that are not going your way, not because you are in another country but because you are in another language. That’s the story for me.

“It’s so difficult sometimes to bring across what you want to bring across, your feelings, your emotions, your tone when you want to speak to players.

“This is definitely massive for me, personally, and I really enjoyed it because you can see how the team was improving as well. When you see the first game against Chippenham and the last game against Hungerford, there was a massive improvement.

“Not just how we got promotion, we improved over the season massively and the result of that is getting wins and getting promoted in style.”

Few could have blamed Kutrieb if he’d walked away from Ebbsfleet during his three-year tenure. He arrived in the summer of 2020 with lockdown still a part of everyday life in England.

“They were tough times but I can see it from a positive side as well,” reflected Kutrieb.

“I could focus straight away on football. It was Covid, nothing was open, I couldn’t find any friends, go to a pub or restaurant, it was just takeaway and go home.

“I was sitting watching television, BT Sport and Sky, to try and improve my language. This was helpful because the commentator was doing 90