by Salvatore Riggio
The German manager has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season. A choice made together with his wife, a past teacher and health worker in Nairobi, who also wrote a book, a sort of Harry Potter of football
Alongside the men of football there are not only mothers like those of Mbapp (Fayza Lamari, the most powerful and feared) or Rabiot (Veronique, the most intrusive in her son’s affairs) or the agents (Rafaela Pimenta, who inherited the empire of Mino Raiola upon the latter’s death), but also wives and companions. Who with their presence know how to advise and be decisive in the choices of their respective spouses. the case of Ulla Sandrock, wife of Jurgen Klopp since 2005, Liverpool manager who surprised everyone on Friday 26 January by announcing to the world that he would leave the Reds bench at the end of the season.
Klopp and his wife’s advice
The two met in 2005, when the woman worked as a waitress at the Oktoberfest. Love at first sight, so much so that they started living together after just a few days, reuniting in a single family with the children from previous marriages. And it is Ulla who advises Klopp when he finds himself at a crossroads and some doubts assail him. Like for example, when in 2015 he said goodbye to Borussia Dortmund after winning two Bundesliga games in a row (2011 and 2012) and having led the team to the Champions League final in 2013, lost against Bayern Munich. Or again when Klopp decided to extend his contract with Liverpool until 2026, at a time when everyone in the Premier League claimed that he would leave for Manchester United. Now sources close to the team confirm that it was she who showed the way to the coach who, as always, trusted her invaluable advice.
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Chi Ulla Sandrock
Ulla is a very discreet woman, linked to the community in which she lives. Since landing in England, the couple has chosen to live in the seaside town of Formby, in a house that belonged to Steven Gerrard, the historic captain of the Reds. In the early years Klopp and his wife used to go to restaurants, pubs and quiz nights as if they were ordinary citizens. In 2020, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, Ulla distributed meal vouchers to the staff of employees of a well-known supermarket chain to thank them for the work done during the emergency. In the past you worked for three years as a teacher and health worker in Nairobi, before changing your life and becoming one of the managers of Mainz. But she didn’t end there. Because in 2008 he also published his first book for children, Tom and the Magic Football, defined by the coach as a sort of Harry Potter of football. And now, always at Klopp’s side, she has been able to advise her husband on which new path to take.
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January 27, 2024 (modified January 27, 2024 | 5:39 pm)
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