04 Jul 2026 18:49:22
Question for all I’ve been thinking about myself.
Have both Pep and Klopp enhanced the reputations of their fellow manager compatriots?
Any Spanish manager who plays good football is “another Pep”.
Any German who play high press is another “Klopp”.
But in reality are most of these managers just cheap copies of the 2 mentioned or am I completely off with these thoughts.
Cheers all.
04 Jul 2026 19:53:23
Same as with players, "Polish Messi", "next Salah" etc.
It's not that these people are cheap copies.
It's just that they are a different person to the names other people compare them to.
04 Jul 2026 21:09:45
Labelling somebody 'the next whoever' has always been a thing. It's just a way of likening a style or grabbing attention. It's pretty irrelevant and generally has no bearing.
04 Jul 2026 21:27:37
Who could forget the Latvian Michael Owen.
04 Jul 2026 21:46:46
Or the Ostravan Maradona?
04 Jul 2026 22:25:13
Or the new Marcel Desailly (Djimi Traore). ?
05 Jul 2026 08:46:32
Gerardo Alfredo Bruna Blanco, "the Messi of Madrid", who came to our academy. Think he played a few for Blackpool on the end.
05 Jul 2026 08:52:07
When we signed Le Tallec, he was described as the next Zidane... one of the worst comparisons I've seen.
05 Jul 2026 10:52:04
I don't think anyone has been making a claim that Tuchel or Nagelsmann are the next Klopp.
Where people make comparisons is where there are similarities in playing style.
Just like how not every Argentina prodigy is labelled the next Messi.
{Ed001's Note - they did make those claims in the past regarding Tuchel and Nagelsmann. It was very common to refer to them as such when they were first starting out. It has only stopped because it was become so apparent that those two are not even close to the great man's level. Klopp is light years ahead of the two of them put together.}
05 Jul 2026 12:55:16
It was Cheyrou that was labelled the next Zidane, not Le Tallec.