As part of a club documentary offering an inside view of his final days at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp was asked by the filmmakers to stand alone on The Kop one afternoon and gaze out around Anfield. He did it, and didn’t particularly like it. “I love Anfield to bits,” Klopp said Friday, “but I love it when it’s full.” On Sunday, there won’t be a spare seat inside the storied stadium when Klopp takes charge of his final game as Liverpool manager after nearly nine years at the club. There might not b
MUNICH (AP) — Thomas Tuchel says he is still leaving Bayern Munich after talks on extending his stay at the club fell through. Bayern said in February that Tuchel would leave at the end of the season but the coach said Friday that he held talks with the club on a “180-degree turn” that would have seen him stay after all. “We found no agreement on further cooperation so the agreement from February remains in force,” he said. In the three months since Bayern said Tuchel was leaving, it has tried a
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HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie landed his first head coaching job Friday when he was hired by Dutch top-flight club Heerenveen. The 40-year-old Van Persie, who is the Netherlands men's team all-time top scorer, will take over this summer on a two-year contract. Van Persie ended his playing career in 2019 with Feyenoord, where he then took on several coaching roles, the most recent of which was leading a youth team. He debuted in 2001 with Feyenoord before