Klopp factor makes the difference for Germany's new faces ahead of debuts
Jürgen Klopp is having an effect on Germany’s players even before his first game as coach. The former Liverpool manager has called up 16 uncapped players in a supersized first roster of 44 for his first four Nations League games and some newcomers say having Klopp in charge gives them a boost. Forward Younes Ebnoutalib credited Klopp with helping persuade him to pick Germany, where he was born, over Morocco, which he’d represented as a youth player.
Ebnoutalib says “you can't say no” when Klopp calls. Germany starts against the Netherlands on Thursday and Greece on Sunday.
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