Liverpool have bolstered their coaching ranks with the addition of a man who has won big trophies on the pitch and on the training ground
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When Jurgen Klopp spoke for the first time about the arrival of Claudio Taffarel at Anfield, he revealed he and his team have “had this idea for a while”.
The Brazilian is hugely well-regarded as a player, having won the 1994 World Cup with Brazil with five clean sheets from seven games and won European trophies with Parma and Galatasaray.
An illustrious playing career is no guarantee of success on the training ground, of course, but the 55-year-old has cut his teeth in Turkey and Brazil, helping oversee some real improvement in his home country.
While Alisson knows all about what his compatriot has to offer, thanks to the pair working together at international level, the “new philosophy” Klopp hopes to impart with Taffarel could have a wider and longer-lasting benefit.
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