Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story

life, you cannot ignore the negative things that have happened. If you can change them, change them: if you can’t change them, ignore them.

BVB players agreed to: ‘unconditional dedication’, ‘passionate devotion’, ‘a determination [to win], independent of the scoreline’, a readiness ‘to support everybody’, a readiness ‘to accept help’, a readiness ‘to put [their] quality wholly at the service of the team’, a readiness ‘to take on individual responsibility’.

After two full seasons, Klopp’s Jagdfußball (hunting football) was becoming second nature, a collective ritual, accepted and practised without hesitation.