Thanks for everything boss, Klopp's 56th birthday and his decision that shocks Liverpool

Jürgen Klopp is not the type to be grumpy about not being in total control. On the contrary, he deliberately chooses to surround himself with people who know much more than he does in various areas. According to the IMD (International Institute for Management Development) business school, Klopp listens to Liverpool's data analysts, even when he doesn't fully understand them. In his early years, he delegated some of the coaching tactics to his assistant, 'Eljko Buvac; however, his mentoring was always hard and constant.

As such, he is a character who is not afraid to have strong people at his side with better knowledge because he recognises that he does not know it all. Similarly, Klopp knows that in games all the variables are controlled, which is why he has also famously relied on the use of video in training to be more visual in his explanations, but last year he also turned to neuroscience with the Neuro11 initiative, the no-fail penalty system that analyses the nerve impulses produced in the brain when, for example, players are faced with a penalty kick.

These are just two of the most striking styles of leadership and coaching in football. Clearly, one could also talk about other strategies and styles such as criticising privately rather than publicly (Ferguson's, former Manchester United manager), improving the best players (Mourinho's), creating a high performance environment (Ancelotti's), and so on.

The decision

Just on his birthday, the German coach has made a decision that has surprised everyone and instead of looking for a younger goalkeeper, he asked for the renewal of the Spanish Adrián San Miguel for another season and although it seems complicated that he is going to participate in any game, he considers it important for the harmony of the dressing room.