Liverpool mount raid for Bayern fitness coach
Jurgen Klopp will bring a cutting German edge to Liverpool’s fitness programme by appointing Andreas Kornmayer to his backroom staff.
And Reds fans may think they are seeing double, because the fitness coach has occasionally been mistaken for manager Klopp in the past!
Kornmayer - who sports a similar beard-and-glasses look – is currently one of the medics at Bayern Munich, where he oversees the conditioning regime of the German champions.
Klopp has moved swiftly to fill a vacancy at the Merseyside club, after current fitness coach Ryland Morgans – who was appointed by his predecessor Brendan Rodgers – announced last month he was leaving.
Kornmayer will arrive in the summer, with the Reds boss looking to introduce some of the advanced methods of Bayern into his regime.
And Klopp couldn’t have a better man, with the 41-year-old boasting over a decade of service at the Bavarian club, where he served under such managers as Louis van Gaal, Jupp Heynckes and Pep Guardiola.
It could be a canny appointment for Liverpool, with their manager also hoping to sign World Cup winner Mario Gotze from Bayern.
Gotze suffered a serious groin injury back in October, and credits the fitness coach with getting him back into action swiftly.
Source: Daily Mirror
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