Jurgen Klopp is neck-and-neck with Pep Guardiola when it comes to discussing the best manager in the world currently.
The German is doing a stunning job as Liverpool boss, turning them into European champions and masterminding 16 Premier League wins in a row.
Speaking to Omnisport, former Reds defender Christian Ziege singled Klopp out as the best on the planet at the moment:
If you take those who everybody talks about, there is no one who did better than Klopp.
I’m a big fan of his because he started at Mainz and finished fourth three times in a row in the second division.
Then he went to Dortmund. He took this club to German champions and a Champions League title candidate.
He elevated this club to a level which they are still today. He went to Liverpool, the club who has been talking about becoming Premier League champions or being more successful for years and has been achieving the same there.
He won the Champions League and finished second in the league with 97 points, which is mayhem.
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There are some exceptional coaches around the world at the moment – Diego Simeone and Mauricio Pochettino, for example – but Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two standout coaches, without question.
They have worked miracles at Liverpool and Manchester City respectively – Guardiola’s spending is sometimes used against him, but almost no other manager would be achieving such success at the Etihad.
Klopp arguably has the edge, however, because of succeeding with less resources and also excelling at lesser clubs in the past.
When he took charge at Anfield in October 2015, they were threatening to finish mid-table, but in four years he has completely transformed the Reds, both on and off the pitch.
English football is lucky to have both Klopp and Guardiola plying their trade in it.
