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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Klopp says he could have taken Germany coaching job ahead of Euros
Juergen Klopp speaks during his presentation as the new Head of Global Soccer at Red Bull Hangar-7 in Salzburg. Jan Woitas/dpa Jürgen Klopp revealed he could have said "yes" to becoming the coach of the Germany national team ahead of Euro 2024 but he decided to stay at Liverpool. "The season before (2022-23) didn't go so well for Liverpool - and in the summer after that season, Germany were looking for a new coach. I could have said yes, because it might have been better to do something different," Klopp told the Welt am Sonntag weekly. Advertisement "I didn't want it. And the decision wasn't about the job as national team coach per se. I couldn't leave Liverpool like that. There was a team there, there were people I had a relationship with," he explained. Klopp wanted to "fix" things at Liverpool with new players and the core team. "That was important to me. We managed to do that. Nevertheless, the decision to quit Liverpool was made," he said. In January 2024, Klopp announced he would leave the club at the end of that season, in which Liverpool finished third. After his departure, Liverpool signed Arne Slot as new coach and won the Premier League. Advertisement Since January 2025, Klopp has been working as Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull and he's not currently thinking about taking another coaching job in the future. "My guts tell me: No. I loved my job, but I don't miss it," he said.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Liverpool plan to steal COMPLETE €25m midfielder from Everton
Liverpool admire Merlin Rohl And one name now on the list who could play in various midfield roles and provide extra cover is Merlin Rohl. The Germany under-21 international is currently starring at the UEFA Euro Under-21 Championships - where he will come up against three Liverpool players in this weekend's final. Advertisement The 22-year-old plays his club football for Freiburg in the Bundesliga - although he struggled with a couple of injuries last season. Despite those setbacks, Rohl is seen as a future star - capable of playing in the offensive midfield positions as well as doing the dirty work in the middle. Rohl deal will break €25m record Described by former Ingolstadt coach Thomas Oral as a 'complete' midfielder, Rohl has been compared to Bayern Munich's Leon Goretzka and has been attracting plenty of attention from the Premier League. In a recent report in Sport Bild, Everton were named as suitors, and the paper has also detailed Liverpool's interest. Advertisement Crystal Palace and Newcastle have all got Rohl on the radar but he would surely be most intrigued by a move to the Premier League champions if the opportunity arose. He extended his contract back in September 2024 - meaning his club side are reasonably well protected from a transfer fee perspective. Kevin Schade represents the Bundesliga club's biggest-ever sale - with Brentford paying around €25m for the German international - and Bild suggests it would take a similar bid to move Rohl. Everton are reported to have made two bids already with an intention to return to the table this summer. If Liverpool are going to get involved in the bidding, they will have to strike soon.
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Leeds apologise after fans blocked from Germany games
Leeds have apologised "unreservedly" after German authorities said their fans are unable to attend pre-season matches in the Whites will travel to Germany for an eight-day training camp as they prepare for their return to the Premier Farke's side made a similar trip last summer and were asked by police and local authorities not to bring supporters because of the resources needed to host Euro say they had "written assurances" from the German Football Association and their tour operator that fans could attend this year, but have now been told they cannot."Frustratingly, despite having matches agreed for a number of months, we have in the last week been informed that the police and local authorities will once again not grant a permit for us to play matches in front of spectators, will prohibit us from providing live updates and video streams, and have requested we discourage supporter travel," Leeds said in a statement."This comes despite multiple attempts to find a solution including offering various assurances, pursuing alternative scenarios that would allow for fan attendance, and even evaluating moving camp to a different location on short notice. "Unfortunately, those efforts were fruitless due to the last-second nature of our change in circumstances. "This result is deeply frustrating to all of us, just as it is sure to frustrate and anger you, our loyal supporters, to whom we apologise unreservedly for this outcome."The Leeds United Supporters Trust said the club had not received "any sensible explanation" for the decision and will be contacting the German authorities."We respect the club and Daniel Farke's desire to keep a successful training camp in Germany, but would expect a valid reason from the authorities as to why once again Leeds United fans are being unduly excluded," the group fans are able to attend pre-season friendlies against Manchester United in Stockholm and AC Milan in Dublin next month, as well as a home match against Villarreal on 2 side begin their Premier League campaign at home to Everton on Monday 18 August.
New York Times
a day ago
- Business
- New York Times
UEFA increase funding for clubs releasing players for Women's Euros
Women's clubs who have released players for the summer's European Championships in Switzerland will receive a larger portion of funding after UEFA's club benefits programme was increased to €9 million following a recommendation from the European Club Association. The club benefits programme, agreed between the ECA and UEFA, rewards clubs for releasing players to UEFA national team competitions. Advertisement The funding for Euro 2022 totalled €4.5million (around £3.84m) and was initially intended to increase to €6m. However, an extra €3m has since been added from the men's 2020/24 club benefit cycle, following a proposal from the ECA. The total amount a club is afforded, according to UEFA, is calculated by the number of days a player is released for tournament participation, as well as 10 preparation days and one additional travel day. A club is compensated at a rate of €657 per day per player. The minimum payment a club will receive is €13,140 for a player whose team is eliminated after the group stages. The maximum amount will be €24,309 for a player from a team that was in Group A and reached the final. Injury to a player or a transfer to a new club will see clubs receive a pro rata payment. On the increase of the club benefits programme, UEFA's head of women's football Nadine Kessler said on a media panel on Friday: 'We do this investment because we know of the symbolic meaning of prize money and because these mechanisms are the very symbol of solidarity. We want everyone who contributes to the success of the Euros to be rewarded. It's a tournament that belongs to everyone.' The increase in club benefits coincides with the record increase in prize money for Euro 2025 to €41m, a 156% increase from the previous Euros held in England. For the first time in women's Euros history, players will receive a guaranteed share of the prize money received by their national association, with between 30% and 40% of funds going to players. According to Kessler, more than 500,000 tickets have already been sold for the summer's tournament, with 22 of the 31 matches already sold out. Switzerland's largest stadium for the tournament is Basel's St. Jakob-Park, with a capacity of 34,250. By comparison, during England's successful Euro 2022 campaign, 575,000 tickets were sold, with Wembley representing the largest stadium capacity at 90,000. Despite the increases in prize money and club benefits, Kessler said the women's tournament will represent a €20-25m net loss for UEFA. Euro 2024 generated an estimated €2.41billion in revenue. When queried on comparisons between the women's and men's tournaments, Kessler said: 'We need to keep comparison to the men's tournament in the past. We increased the women's prize money because we know what it does for public interest and awareness. When I played in these tournaments, there was zero prize money but we still did our best, we wanted to win. That's still the most important thing.' Advertisement The financial increase of UEFA's club benefits programme for women's clubs is hugely important and, as Kessler says, a statement of intent from UEFA and the ECA. While the women's Euros continues to be loss making, the methodology Kessler and others at UEFA are operating on is that without investment across the board, the tournament (and women's football in general) will not become revenue-generating. Particularly as discourse around crowded fixture calendars and burnout continues, ensuring clubs, and most importantly players, are duly rewarded for their participation in national team events is crucial. There is always concern, however, that with an increase in funding to clubs with participating players, the gap between those clubs and domestic rivals could increase. In England's 23-member Euro 2025 squad, for example, no clubs outside the established top four clubs in England's Women's Super League (Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City) are represented. More money afforded these sides could help perpetuate the competitive status quo in England's top flight. However, the flip side is that this is a model that encourages clubs to invest in their women's teams in order to become a destination for international players. Equally, a model that encourages dialogue and collaboration between national teams and clubs should help to grow the women's game in a healthy way.
Metro
a day ago
- Sport
- Metro
England's Headingley win over India showed how Test cricket can deliver the gold standard of sporting suspense
It was 5.28pm on day five when I knew England were not going to win the first Test against India. Ben Stokes had got out reverse-sweeping, India needed one more wicket and they were into England's tail. There were still 69 runs required, the new ball was available soon, Jasprit Bumrah plays for India, oh and it was probably going to rain. Almost exactly an hour later, Jamie Smith had hit the final ball for six and England completed the second-highest final day run chase in history to win. The improbable had been made possible earlier that day by Ben Duckett's considered, mature 149. India were favourites on the final day right up until England made 119 runs for no loss. That is to say, an England win was the less likely outcome for almost the whole five days. Remember the end of day one? India 359 for three with Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant at the crease scoring runs as if it was the easiest thing in the world. I was working that Friday (cheeky) and not on the cricket but I checked the score with the classic sense of deflation that has accompanied most of my recent England-watching against India (live on TNT Sports with Finny and Sir Alastair). By Saturday lunchtime, England fans were living in a new optimistic world. And so it continued: the hope, the agitation, the bafflement at another dropped catch, or Harry Brook's charge down the wicket in his minute-long second innings. The emotional range graph induced by the five-day Test would look something like a course profile from road cycling or cross-country mountain bike, of which I am so fond. And it made me think – is there an optimal number of switches in fortune that makes for the most compelling viewing experience in sport? Take the mountain bikes. In cross-country, it's a mass start so the lead may switch around any number of times over the 80-or-so minute duration of the race. But there are usually maybe ten people you really believe could win. The favourites don't, of course, always take it. Observe Ondrej Cink a few weeks ago winning his first ever World Cup at the age of 34 – mad. But the first hour is usually big hitters manoeuvring to fix up for the win. It's fascinating, there are perhaps eight of those stomach-drop moments per race where you think: this is big. This is it. More Trending Football is the sport with the most dramatic one-off reversals, because an entire game can be decided by a single action – that of scoring a goal. The headiest moment I've ever had as an England football fan was watching Jude Bellingham's bicycle kick crash in at Euro 2024. All the air left the stadium, it was impossible to breathe. The emotional flip was unlike anything I've seen. But the match featured that plus two other goals, with the rest largely nervous drudgery. Tennis – as Nicolas Mahut and John Isner can contend after their 2010 slugfest in SW19 of more than 11 hours ended in a 70-68 fifth-set victory for the latter – is well set up for stunning shifts of momentum and prolonged tension. Just ask Carlos Alcaraz, French Open champion after coming back from two sets down against Jannik Sinner. And an argument should surely be made for road cycling by someone with a higher word count. With the Tour de France imminent please all write in and make that case. Test cricket, when it's on song, is a combination of drawn-out suspense and abrupt handbrake turns. You know the golden ratio that exists in nature? Actually first discovered at Lord's, it turns out. Enjoy next week. MORE: The Metro daily cartoon by Guy Venables MORE: I built a fashion business from the ground up — you don't need entrepreneur family to succeed MORE: Tired eyes? Users say this viral eye balm is a 'holy grail' for dark circles and puffiness
