Klopp or Jose in your corner?

Jurgen Klopp will go head-to-head with Jose Mourinho on Red Monday and we will find out whose game plan works and which side will deliver the knockout blows.

So with many of Britain’s best boxers – past and present – big football fans, we asked a special Panel who they would want in their corner if they needed to call on either Klopp or Mourinho.

Which coach would they want behind them? Do mind games make it all the way into the boxing ring? The Panel, including Liverpool and United fans, give us their answer…

Paul Smith

I’d go for Jurgen Klopp every day of the week. Mourinho is successful but you’ve got to listen to what your trainer says and you wouldn’t know what’s going on with his mind games.

With Klopp he would give you 100 per cent commitment and he would demand you did the same. The other thing about Mourinho that would worry me is he’s still remembered for parking the bus to go and get a result away from home, and you can’t fit one in a regular boxing ring.

David Coldwell

I’d have to go with Jose Mourinho but you know what – and it pains me to say it – I am a big fan of Klopp. I like him. I don’t give a you-know-what about Liverpool but he’s one of those guys that, when you see him being interviewed on Sky Sports News HQ, you watch. He’s interesting and I like the way he comes across.

Klopp is a good manager but Mourinho has done it everywhere he’s gone and has this air about him. He knows how to get the best out of his players and when you’ve got a one minute ‘team-talk’ after every round, that’s what you want.

Tony Bellew

The only honest answer I can give you is… if David Coldwell isn’t in my corner then I am walking out! I think Dave is a thinker and Klopp seems to act on impulse so it leans me towards Mourinho if I have to pick one. But don’t be fooled by his nice smile and his nice approach, he has steel behind that – just like Dave.

As for Klopp or Mourinho, I would rather have Antonio Conte in my corner if I could. He’s made of steel, he has the determination I like but I just can’t go with Klopp because of who he coaches.

Anthony Crolla

Mourinho without a doubt. Klopp would be a …

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