Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson 'worried' Jurgen Klopp will succeed at Liverpool

Fegie fear: Former United boss Ferguson expects Klopp to succeed at Liverpool
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Tom Dutton10 October 2015

Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he's worried about Liverpool's appointment of Jurgen Klopp.

The ex-Borussia Dortmund coach has signed a three-year deal with the Reds and arrives at Anfield after a decorated seven-year spell in Germany, where he won six major titles.

In 2008, Klopp inherited a Dortmund side that had finished 13th the previous season and within five years they had two Bundesliga trophies in their club cabinet, three domestic cup crowns and had negotiated a route to the 2013 Champions League final. All this defied the financial power of German league heavyweights Bayern Munich, and clubs of similar stature in Europe, and the 48-year-old will now be tasked with delivering similar success to Anfield, against similar odds.

But Ferguson fears the former German Football Manager of the Year will deliver on Merseyside and the club will again challenge for major honours.

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The 73-year-old said: "Well it's a good appointment. I admire him. I know Jurgen pretty well through our meetings at [FIFA] coaches' classes in Geneva.

"Strong personality, very strong, very stubborn, determined and his performances, and his career at Dortmund was a stellar rise to the top and I think he'll do very well.

"I don't like saying that, being Liverpool, because I'm worried about it but, no, he'll do well."

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