Below are 11 facts and stats linking to the life and career of Jurgen Klopp. Your job is to cross them off one by one (like a shopping list) until you have 11 players.
All-time draft. You can complete the list below in any order. Klopp himself is ineligible!
[1] A player who played for Liverpool in one of our 6 European Cup/Champions League wins (must have appeared in the final).
[2] A German player with blond hair.
[3] A player who wore the 19 shirt at pro level (must provide picture evidence of them visibly wearing the number in a match)
[4] A player who has/had a height of at least 191cm OR a player who was born in 1967.
[5] A player who played under Klopp at any of his clubs (Mainz, Dortmund, Liverpool).
[6] A player with an iconic goal or trophy celebration (video, picture or a good account required as evidence)
[7] A European player who made at least 325 league appearances for one club.
[8] Klopp often cites Arrigo Sacchi as one of his main footballing influences. Pick a player who played under him at club or International level.
[9] A player who has appeared in a TV advert, but NOT for Pepsi, Coca-Cola, or any sports brand (including Fifa, PES etc). They must also be doing something other than playing football. Please provide video, GIF or picture evidence. No repeat adverts - once an advert is used by one drafter it's gone, even if other footballers were in that ad. Same brand is absolutely fine though.
[10] A player who went onto manage a club team he once played for (e.g. you could pick Xabi Alonso Paisley who both played for and managed Liverpool)
[11] And finally, pick a player who represents Klopp's ideology of "Heavy Metal" football (you may not pick any previous or current Klopp players)
As a final twist, because Klopp teams are not about individuals/superstars, a top 20 list of all-timers will be banned for this draft. In spoilers here:
Spoiler
BAN LIST
Messi
Ronaldo
Maradona
Pelé
Cruyff
Best
Garrincha
Beckenbauer
Zidane
Matthaus
C. Ronaldo
Eusebio
Ronaldinho
G. Muller
Di Stefano
Puskas
Xavi
Zico
Platini
Laudrup
Rules:
- You can only pick one player from each category and you
must name the category when picking. No changes allowed.
- 2 hours per pick dropping down to 1 hour if you're really slow.
- Draft hours are 9am - 11pm GMT (but you can pick outside of these if it's your turn and you're about)
- PM the next drafter after you pick on pain of death.
Draft order:
Picks:
1.
RobbieRedman - Marcon Van Basten [9], Kylian Mbappé [6], Ronald Koeman [10], Cafu [11], Raul [7], İlkay Gungodan [5], Leonardo Bonucci [3], Demetrio Albertini [8], Alan Kennedy [1], Paul Ince [4], Ter Stegen [2].
2.
Muketeer Gripweed - Bernd Schuster [2], Daniel Passarella [3], Socrates [4], Marco Tardelli [6], Emilio Butragueno [9], Robert Prosinecki [10], James Milner [5], Phil Neal [1], Iker Casillas [7], Ciro Ferrara [8], Hugo Sanchez [11].
3.
Max_powers - Roberto Baggio [9], Luka Modric [3], Robert Lewandowski [5], Bobby Moore [7], Lillian Thuram [8], Georg Schwarzenbeck [2], Emlyn Hughes [1], Didi [10], Samuel Eto'o [6], Fernando Redondo [11], Edwin Van Der Sar [4].
4.
Vivabobbygraham - Franco Baresi [9], Gunter Netzer [2], Andrea Pirlo [10], Alphonso Davies [3], Andreas Möller [4], Alessandro Costacurta [8], Jairzinho [11], Didier Drogba [6], Bruce Grobbelaar [1], Philippe Coutinho [5], Danny McGrain [7].
5.
Sarge - Virgil Van Dijk [5], Alisson Becker [1], Fabio Cannavaro [9], Gianluca Zambrotta [3], Alan Shearer [10], Denis Irwin [7], Roy Keane [11], Son Heung-min [6], Paul Gascoigne [4], Gianfranco Zola [8], Thomas Hassler [2].
6.
Drinks Sangria - Mo Salah [9], Alan Hansen [1], Patrick Vieira [4], Sergio Aguero [3], Fabinho [5], Kaka [6], Sergio Ramos [7], Manuel Neuer [2], Stuart Pearce [10], Michael Reiziger [8], Angel Di Maria [11].
7.
Samie +
Prof - Ruud Gullit [9], Kevin Keegan [10], Trent Alexander-Arnold [5], Andy Robertson [1], Gigi Buffon [4], Edgar Davids [8], Esteban Cambiasso [3], Elias Figueroa [11], Guido Buchwald [2], Paco Gento [7], Jimmy Bullard [6].
8.
Draex - Kenny Dalglish [6], Toni Kroos [2], Clarence Seedorf [10], Alessandro Nesta [8], Ian Rush [1], Ruud Krol [7], Stanley Matthews [9], Roman Weidenfeller [5], Vincent Kompany [4], Wim Suurbier [3], Rivellino [11].
9.
Hazell - Andreas Brehme [2], Gabriel Batistuta [6], Matthias Sammer [10], Javier Mascherano [11], Thiago Alcantara [5], Gaetano Scirea [7], Luis Figo [9], Giuseppe Signori [8], Joe Gomez [1], Yaya Toure [3], Peter Schmeichel [4].
10.
Lastrador - Steven Gerrard [1], Thierry Henry [9], Stefan Effenberg [2], Pavel Nedved [11], Mats Hummels [5], Giuseppe Bergomi [7], Karim Benzema [3], Dejan Savicevic [8], Robert Jarni [10], Ricardo Carvalho [6], Petr Cech [4].
11.
red1977 - Graham Souness [10], Philipp Lahm [2], Andres Iniesta [6], Berti Vogts [7], Jaap Stam [4], George Weah [8], Ray Clemence [1], Joel Matip [5], Rivaldo [9], Fernando Torres [11], Paul Scholes [3].
12.
Betty Blue - Luis Suarez [6], Frank Rijkaard [8], Arjen Robben [3], Xabi Alsono [1], Marcel Desailly [11], Giacinto Facchetti [4], Carlos Alberto [10], Alexis Mac Allister [5], Oliver Kahn [2], Fernando Hierro [7], Carlos Tevez [9].
13.
child-in-time - Hristo Stoichkov [9], Karl-Heinz Rumenigge [2], Didier Deschamps [10], Sami Hyypia [1], Francesco Totti [6], Walter Samuel [3], Mauro Tassotti [8], Neven Subotic [5], Bastian Schweinsteiger [7], Antonio Cabrini [11], Francesco Toldo [4].
14.
Popcorn - Sadio Mané [3], Kevin De Bruyne [9], Roberto Carlos [10], Gareth Bale [6], N'golo Kante [11], Gerard Pique [4], Bobby Firmino [5], Mark Lawrenson [1], Gennaro Gattuso [7], Christian Panucci [8], Sepp Maier [2].
15.
surfer. Fuck you generator. - Romario [10], Paolo Maldini [9], John Barnes [3], Alessandro Del Piero [8], Karl-Heinz Schnellinger [2], Ibrahim Konate [5], Steve Nicol [1], Sergio Busquets [7], Thibaut Courtois [4], Michael Ballack [11], Riyad Mahrez [6].
