Premier League Names Juergen Klopp Manager Of The Year
Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp was named the Premier League Manager of the Year and also won the Sir Alex Ferguson trophy for the League Managers Association (LMA), Manager of the Season.
The Reds won the League Cup and FA Cup in the 2021/2022 season and will play Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday.
Klopp’s men came up just short in the Premier League title race, finishing with 92 points, a point behind champions Manchester City.
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“It’s a great honour and it was an insane season,” said Klopp. “The last match day when only two games were meaningless and in the rest, we all played for absolutely everything.”
“It was not the best outcome for us, but we are already over it.”
The 54-year-old German won the Premier League award after votes from the public were combined with those of an expert panel.
Klopp also won the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy, which is voted for by the full membership of managers across all the divisions in England.
“This being voted for by my colleagues is obviously most important prize you can get,” Klopp added.
“I don’t believe in individual prizes in football generally, it is a team sport and I would be nothing without these boys there. It is all about what we can do together and what we did together.”
Klopp’s men can still clinch a cup treble if they beat Real Madrid in Paris on Saturday and add the UEFA Champions League to this season’s FA Cup and League Cup successes.
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