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JURGEN KLOPP’S amazing nine-year glow-up at Liverpool has left the Reds boss looking almost unrecognisable.
Despite joking he looks older than he should, the pictures tell a different story.
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He looks almost completely unrecognisable from his 2015 Anfield unveilingGetty Images - GettySpeaking after announcing his decision to step down at the end of the season, he joked: “The last three years, you can count as dog years.
“If you look at a picture from 2015 and now you’d say: ‘That’s only nine years (apart)?!”
Klopp has had both his teeth and eyes done during his Anfield tenure.
His transformation has seen him ditch his glasses and amaze fans with his pearly whites.
The 56-year-old has reportedly had veneers implanted during his time in England.
Dr Robbie Hughes, who has become the go-to dentist for Liverpool players, said in 2019: “Working with Jurgen Klopp came about because he saw Roberto’s new teeth and decided he wanted to do something.
“When Jurgen came to see us, he basically just said he liked Roberto’s teeth, that he wouldn’t want to go quite as white, but he liked his teeth.”
However, Klopp later claimed he had instead had them fixed after an initial medical problem left him needing antibiotics.
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Xabi Alonso is the perfect man for the job
By Dan King
XABI ALONSO ticks almost every box to succeed Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, and if Bayer Leverkusen don’t let their lead at the top of the Bundesliga slip the case for him to do so will be irresistible.
The former Kop idol knows the club inside out after five seasons at Anfield and has made no secret of his enduring affection.
Alonso has already forged a reputation as an innovative coach playing an attractive, pressing style, usually in a fluid 3-4-2-1 formation.
He has taken Leverkusen from second bottom of the Bundesliga to seven-points clear at the top, putting them on course to be crowned German champions for the first time in their 120-year history.
It’s worth remembering that both Rafa Benitez and Klopp arrived at Anfield with proof they could dethrone clubs who dominated their leagues.
For Alonso to do the same, in only his second season as a top-flight manager, would mark him out as something special.
It is that lack of long-term experience that would still make appointing him to replace Klopp a gamble.
But otherwise, he looks like the perfect candidate as Liverpool are forced to plan a future without the man who made them champions of England, Europe and the world.
PAHe explained: “It was not that I saw Bobby Firmino’s teeth and went ‘I want them!’
“It’s a long procedure and I had to go to the toilet. When I went I looked in the mirror and they’re really small – I realised, that’s the point of never going back, you have to do it now.
“I mean I like them, but obviously it’s different. They feel comfortable, it’s all good.”
As for his glasses, Klopp ditched them after his first six years in charge, having worn them since the age of ten.
The Reds boss underwent minor surgery to fix his eyesight during the summer of 2021.
He told Bild at the time: “It’s actually totally private, but I can explain it to you once, too. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was ten years old – that’s 44 years.
“The problem in recent years was that the glasses could no longer correct my poor eyesight.
“The solution to this was a minor intervention. It wasn’t lasering or anything, but it made me see very well without glasses at the moment.
“I think my face is weird without glasses, but I don’t need them anymore.
“I may need one more. When that happens, I’ll wear glasses again.”
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