Report: Liverpool close to appointing Jurgen Klopp as manager on 3-year deal
Ralph Orlowski / Reuters
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp is close to agreeing to a three-year deal to take over as manager of English Premier League side Liverpool, according to a report by the BBC on Tuesday afternoon.
Liverpool is looking to complete negotiations in the next 48 hours before naming Klopp as the successor to recently-fired boss Brendan Rodgers.
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Klopp has apparently asked Liverpool to also sign on assistants Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz as part of his coaching staff. The two were Klopp's assistants at Dortmund.
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