Klopp wants Germany football team to ‘reclaim the flag’
Jรผrgen Klopp used his first squad announcement as Germany's new head coach to deliver a stirring speechย in favor of what he described as "positive patriotism."
"I'd like to reclaim the flag for myselfโor for us," Klopp said.ย
"I want us to always wave it in a way that makes no one think, 'What's wrong with you?' But rather, that people simply get the feeling that you're happy and understand how lucky you are to have been born, raised, or moved to this wonderful country."
This was an apparent referenceย to the recent state election in Saxony-Anhalt, whichย the Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD)ย won.
Klopp said of the election "that some people probably thought it was okay, while many others thought: 'Good heavens, what's going on there?"
The former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool head coa...