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If Arsenal Is Jurgen Klopp’s Choice, Best Not Hold Your Breath

By Josh Sippie

By Tim.Reckmann (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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The “Arsene Wenger Out” army will never be stronger than when they are at risk of not making it out of the group stages of the Champions’ League. After all, that is Wenger’s calling card. 15 straight seasons of making it out of the group stages and putting his club in a position to compete. That is something to boast about.

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But with the Emirates being fully paid off and big stars like Alexis and Mesut Ozil coming town, digression is not an option. Arsenal would be digressing if they did not make it out of the group stages and that is quite simply unacceptable given the high aspirations of this club. Especially when Arsenal were easy favorites to get out of the soft group drawing.

Digressing could lead to plenty of exits, but is Arsene Wenger really one to walk away? By the same token, is Wenger really one to get fired? The correct answer to both of those questions is ‘No’.

Jurgen Klopp is the distinguished former manager of Borussia Dortmund. He took them to two Bundesliga titles and always managed to go on long runs in the Champions’ League. Not only that, but he was able to keep pace with Bayern Munich while spending a fraction of the money and developing players from within. Of course, a painful chunk of those players sought their fortunes elsewhere, mainly Bayern Munich.

The club hit a low last year, skidding to the bottom of the table before clawing their way back up to seventh place. But that would be it for Jurgen Klopp and his tenure at Dortmund.

He was not done as a manager though, and always planned to come back. The Premier League looked to be his destination. A source told the Express that “”He’ll only come back for the right opportunity from a club like Liverpool and that means looking at everything about the club to see if he can work there.” The source went on to say that “He has spent his time off watching Premier League DVDs.”

Arsenal would be a fantastic fit for Klopp. It has been stated ad nauseum that Arsenal and Dortmund play a very similar style with very similar manpower. The issue was never going to be fit.

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Klopp is also looking at Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and even (gasp) Bayern Munich. With Louis Van Gaal set to retire in 2017, Klopp may hold out. That is also the year that Wenger’s contract runs out. But one must always question when Wenger will truly be done.

It has already been established that Arsene Wenger will pick his successor at Arsenal. He has a tremendous relationship with Klopp, so it is not so foolish to think that they have at least spoken about it. But in the end, would he wait 2 years when there is a chance Jose Mourinho will vacate Chelsea before then? And what about Brendan Rodgers? He has been on the out for years.

Jurgen Klopp could very well have his eyes set on the familiarity of Arsenal. But without Wenger’s approval, we are where we always seem to find ourselves – waiting on Le Prof.

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