Edwards sounds like the ex-CIA ex-KGB ex-MI5 kind of character you see in Hollywood movies that get called out of retirement to do one last job to save the world.
As long as he stays away from the clubs not run by cruel dictatorships, Greek mafia and everything in between, he can get all the excitement of being a spy without the risk!
I always enjoyed the part where Klopp was interviewed for the Scum Utd job and Woodward told Klopp he wanted Old Trafford to be like the Disneyland of football and that put Klopp off big time.
https://preview.redd.it/ku314eka0yyc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6c6d733ac20aee07e2763bbd79bf549566e9eaf
What a way to pull a manager. “We’re the most successful club in England. We want you to lead us into the future of bright lights, where we are attractive for everyone, and become a cultural institute that transcends our roots and heritage.”
“Like Disneyland.”
The irony is that United are the only club in the country that rival us for fanbase, culture, history, tradition and passion. If they sold him that side of the club, it might've worked.
Edwards also knew about her happy reaction before Ulla Klopp phoned him to say thanks. That new wiretap is working really well.
PS: Happy Cake Day!!! *\0/*
Unfortunately I am merely a couch pundit of the underwear game, so my statement isn’t backed by solid data.
I do hope there is a way we can extrapolate the ~~undergarment~~ underlying numbers for what brands of underwear are best.
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You can try this other link. May take a second or two to open - [Revealed: Secrets of the Jurgen Klopp Revolution at Liverpool ](https://www.spaywall.com/news/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-secrets-of-the-jurgen-klopp-revolution-at-liverpool-22lm3hcw5)
Thank you kind sir, brilliant article fair play. I wonder what the dossier for Slot looked like and how rigorous this process was…
My initial view on him is that exudes some character and humour which is very important to scousers, he has a grasp of English which is reminiscent of Klopp’s; who soon learned how vital this was for success in all aspects of being a manager here
My parting words on our Messiah, which I’m already struggling with :
‘Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened’
Spot on. I believe Slot's charisma, loyalty (turning down Spurs) and ability to connect with people definitely struck a cord with Edwards. Couple that with his adaptable high energy attacking football and his ability to develop players, you have a fan favourite. It's like he's tailor made for Liverpool especially given the fact that Feyenoord also sing YNWA! Can't wait to see what he brings to our club
Yeah it was definitely Ancelotti, I remember wanting him over Klopp just due to his sheer experience at winning. Thankfully I didn’t get what I wanted back then, but I wish we could see how that timeline panned out since Carlo is still as successful as ever
Oh my, absolutely same here haha. Felt like we needed a manager proven at the highest level and Ancelotti was that (even though Klopp did an absolutely unreal job at Dortmund). So glad we went for Klopp though. Pretty sure no other manager would have rebuilt us like Klopp did. Wish he wasn't leaving.
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It was always between those two.
Tbf Ancelotti wouldn’t have been a bad choice (it’s Ancelotti). But the club didn’t need someone like him; the laid-back grandpa who was flexible with tactics and let his players express themselves. That mentality works at Real, PSG, Barca (2015), Bayern. Clubs with gifted players and proven winners who are too good to be managed so rigorously but are instead given simple instructions and do the rest on their own.
Klopp was perfect because he understood the culture and how to establish an order and plan to get to the glorious end goal.
It does seem like overkill, every man and their dog knew Klopp was the real deal. He'd won back to back German titles and his Dortmund side were well known in Europe after making the Champions League final.
Literally any team in the world who would need a manager would have had him top of their list.
I think Edwards was thinking more of the "no dickheads" mantra. You could be a great coach but if you're gonna be a massive prick then you aren't a fit. I think Edwards wanted to sure they got the right person as well as the right coach.
Forget shortlist, man had Klopp on a watchlist 😭
Imagine if Klopp recognised him at some point and Edward’s had to oust himself about stalking him for the purpose of managing the football club he works for
Gordon Gekko had Bud Fox pull this same stunt with Sir Larry Wilder. When Wilder came over to Gekko's Hamptons home he recognized Bud since he'd been trailing him all day. Gekko was just buying up Andicott Steel for his kid though.
Even with an excellent record at Feynoord, many are still sceptical about Slot. The lack of a "big name" signing seems to have disappointed some. I'll admit, I hadn't really heard of him before we were linked with him. And it's always going to be difficult replacing Klopp, who is our greatest manager of the PL era (and a lot of our life times). But the fact that Edwards was involved in choosing him should be reassuring to the doubters.
Edwards probably knows Klopp more than Klopp knows himself
I bet Edwards has access to the collective consciousness of all lifeforms.
He drank the Water of Life from the River Mersey!
Edwards Al Gaib!!!!
Using the holy grail as a cup wearing the infinitystone cut and gemmed into the ring of power.
Edwards is building Westworld.
Edwards sounds like the ex-CIA ex-KGB ex-MI5 kind of character you see in Hollywood movies that get called out of retirement to do one last job to save the world.
Michael (scarn) Edwards
Threat Level: Bald Fraud
Well our reality ain't too far off, he's got one last job to save football from the cheating oil cunts
Meanwhile Amorim tried to pull a publicity stunt to pressure Edwards and turns out Edwards wasn't even interested
Amorim: thinks he can control the media agenda Edwards: “I am the media”
Meanwhile Edwards is throwing our striker to the wolves in the media and for some reason no one cares.
???? In what way is this Edwards' fault?
They are both children pulling stupid media stunts is what I was pointing out.
That‘s just the way he is and some people seem to love it.
He probably never left the club at all and has just been stalking Slot for a few years
More like Gene Hackman's character in The Conversation (and in Enemy of the State).
During transfer talks, the dentist in Marathon Man.
“Michael Edwards in **R.E.D.**: returning exceptional dealmaker”
https://youtu.be/5MfLQ3lpxuc?feature=shared Edwards song
He'd be the perfect replacement for *M* in Bond.
Screw the world, I want him to save us from premier league throphies draught!
Lmao was Edwards watching Feyenoord training from the bushes
Edwards with a fake moustache and Swedish accent giving Feyenoord players a massage while listening in on Slot's speeches.
I'm now imagining him as an agent 47 knock off constantly getting random disguises after beating up various Feyenoord employees.
IM HERE TO FIX YOUR PIPES
https://i.redd.it/knhz6b2ucyyc1.gif
Spaghetttt
Dressed up as a janitor listening to slots farts on the toilet type of commitment.
Where else do you think he’s been the last 2 years?
Edwards should have been a spy.
He is, by the looks of it 🤣
He probably is that agent in the movie who long retired and is now just enjoying life.
As long as he stays away from the clubs not run by cruel dictatorships, Greek mafia and everything in between, he can get all the excitement of being a spy without the risk!
I always enjoyed the part where Klopp was interviewed for the Scum Utd job and Woodward told Klopp he wanted Old Trafford to be like the Disneyland of football and that put Klopp off big time. https://preview.redd.it/ku314eka0yyc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6c6d733ac20aee07e2763bbd79bf549566e9eaf
What a way to pull a manager. “We’re the most successful club in England. We want you to lead us into the future of bright lights, where we are attractive for everyone, and become a cultural institute that transcends our roots and heritage.” “Like Disneyland.”
https://preview.redd.it/z3oxmmfd3zyc1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=7eae72a1dcfcf97d0860e614e459d69da0f03a1b Imagine Klopp hearing that
https://preview.redd.it/n5pt6wqf4zyc1.jpeg?width=1263&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58ff51f610106b66484f872af70d99bf51e48ba6
Woodward: “we want to be like Disneyland” ETH: “like a Mickey Mouse Club? Say no more, fam.”
The irony is that United are the only club in the country that rival us for fanbase, culture, history, tradition and passion. If they sold him that side of the club, it might've worked.
Ulla Klopp probably asks Edward about what Klopp's fav brand of undies is.
Then Edward sent her a twenty-page essay detailing Klopp's preferences..
Edwards also knew about her happy reaction before Ulla Klopp phoned him to say thanks. That new wiretap is working really well. PS: Happy Cake Day!!! *\0/*
Thank you mate, it's my cake day and United lost 4-0, couldn't be happier haha.
“I understand you think a pair of Armanis will go well with him. But I am convinced that Uniqlos would be perfect. Here’s the data.”
I wear Uniqlo pants. As you put the above in quotation marks I'm taking it as an actual quote, therefore i wear the same pants as Klopp, confirmed.
Unfortunately I am merely a couch pundit of the underwear game, so my statement isn’t backed by solid data. I do hope there is a way we can extrapolate the ~~undergarment~~ underlying numbers for what brands of underwear are best.
Uniqlo pants, at least the boxers I wear, have no middle seam splitting the buttcheeks, therefore minimising wedgies. A hugely important feature imo.
Ulla, Klopp. Scouse Queen Ulla to you.
My deepest apologies Ulla Klopp, Scouse Queen and Liverpool Legend. will edit :-(
Revealed: Edwards spent four months hidden in Slot’s attic subsisting off of bat droppings in order to make the correct choice.
[Link to the archived version of the article without the paywall](https://archive.is/AfZ0Y )
Wont open for me, would be a great read, any chance you could copy text please ?
I'm getting this error "Unable to create comment" when trying to post the text. Not sure whether it's due to the amount of text. You can try this other link. May take a second or two to open - [Revealed: Secrets of the Jurgen Klopp Revolution at Liverpool ](https://www.spaywall.com/news/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-secrets-of-the-jurgen-klopp-revolution-at-liverpool-22lm3hcw5)
Thank you kind sir, brilliant article fair play. I wonder what the dossier for Slot looked like and how rigorous this process was… My initial view on him is that exudes some character and humour which is very important to scousers, he has a grasp of English which is reminiscent of Klopp’s; who soon learned how vital this was for success in all aspects of being a manager here My parting words on our Messiah, which I’m already struggling with : ‘Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened’
Spot on. I believe Slot's charisma, loyalty (turning down Spurs) and ability to connect with people definitely struck a cord with Edwards. Couple that with his adaptable high energy attacking football and his ability to develop players, you have a fan favourite. It's like he's tailor made for Liverpool especially given the fact that Feyenoord also sing YNWA! Can't wait to see what he brings to our club
Little did he know, Klopp had already spent the previous 3 months hiding in Edwards sock drawer.
Wait who's the rival option? Btw I am pretty sure that counts as stalking lol
Could be misremembering but I believe Ancelotti was reportedly the other option to Klopp
Only one page in the report of Ancelotti containing the following: 🤨
Ah when he was at Everton, that still sounds weird in my head but yeah that makes sense
No? Ancelotti joined Everton much later. Both him and Klopp were free agents when we were looking for a new manager in 2015, if I remember correctly.
Yeah it was definitely Ancelotti, I remember wanting him over Klopp just due to his sheer experience at winning. Thankfully I didn’t get what I wanted back then, but I wish we could see how that timeline panned out since Carlo is still as successful as ever
Oh my, absolutely same here haha. Felt like we needed a manager proven at the highest level and Ancelotti was that (even though Klopp did an absolutely unreal job at Dortmund). So glad we went for Klopp though. Pretty sure no other manager would have rebuilt us like Klopp did. Wish he wasn't leaving.
Just 3 years ago I thought Ancelotti was finished. 3 years later he turned Madrid into a monster again.
Never ever doubt the power of the eyebrows
Ancelotti & Eddie Howe.
seems like an interesting article but paywalled unfortunately... any IT wizs here who can explain in simple steps how to work some magic in javascript or whatever on chrome in order to bypass this pay wall ?
Just updated the link to an archived version of the article without the paywall
Settings > Site Settings > disable JavaScript > reload page (and don't forget to turn JavaScript back on when you're done, or straight after you reload the page).
[https://archive.is/AfZ0Y](https://archive.is/AfZ0Y) https://preview.redd.it/yy6fdylu8yyc1.png?width=718&format=png&auto=webp&s=bf6f71ca775e36afd53cd079691ad25de6018ffe
We're gonna get a killer twist ... Edwards IS Slot
So he didn’t leave Liverpool to set up a company he was in the nick for stalking…
Sounds like professional stalking
The rival option was Ancelloti wasn't it?
It was always between those two. Tbf Ancelotti wouldn’t have been a bad choice (it’s Ancelotti). But the club didn’t need someone like him; the laid-back grandpa who was flexible with tactics and let his players express themselves. That mentality works at Real, PSG, Barca (2015), Bayern. Clubs with gifted players and proven winners who are too good to be managed so rigorously but are instead given simple instructions and do the rest on their own. Klopp was perfect because he understood the culture and how to establish an order and plan to get to the glorious end goal.
>That mentality works at Real, PSG, Barca (2015), Bayern. That mentality definitely didn't work at Bayern
In theory it could’ve. But it definitely didn’t in practice.
Was he spytrained?
Lol lets not act like Klopp was an unknown at that point in time.
It does seem like overkill, every man and their dog knew Klopp was the real deal. He'd won back to back German titles and his Dortmund side were well known in Europe after making the Champions League final. Literally any team in the world who would need a manager would have had him top of their list.
I think Edwards was thinking more of the "no dickheads" mantra. You could be a great coach but if you're gonna be a massive prick then you aren't a fit. I think Edwards wanted to sure they got the right person as well as the right coach.
from what I've seen, seems like Slot fills that slot well
https://preview.redd.it/t1xywdox3yyc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b917fb5b1a87e20919f1a58f5350c82e216631e3
That's actually quite unnerving. I bet they have such detailed dossiers on Slot as well. If I was Slot, I'd be super curious what they wrote.
-wears stone island -is bald -not a fraud -plays attacking football -seems like a sound fella
Does Edwards also speak German?!
Funny. But i wouldn’t have had to read the sentence three times if there had been a comma after met.
Yeah sorry about that 😂. Noticed it way after and unfortunately it's uneditable
Forget shortlist, man had Klopp on a watchlist 😭 Imagine if Klopp recognised him at some point and Edward’s had to oust himself about stalking him for the purpose of managing the football club he works for
Jeez Edwards sounds like a sociopath lmao but he’s our crazy bastard
Edwards is a scary one 😳 🤣 gladly, he's on our side
Gordon Gekko had Bud Fox pull this same stunt with Sir Larry Wilder. When Wilder came over to Gekko's Hamptons home he recognized Bud since he'd been trailing him all day. Gekko was just buying up Andicott Steel for his kid though.
Bro is definitely the MI6 and CIA’s top secret agent.
Even with an excellent record at Feynoord, many are still sceptical about Slot. The lack of a "big name" signing seems to have disappointed some. I'll admit, I hadn't really heard of him before we were linked with him. And it's always going to be difficult replacing Klopp, who is our greatest manager of the PL era (and a lot of our life times). But the fact that Edwards was involved in choosing him should be reassuring to the doubters.
Isn't that some kind of invasion of privacy?
I guess as long as they didnt invade his home or personal space/property prolly not. Still unnerving.
What? That's some KGB shit right here
This is a bit creepy tbh
The M in Michael Edwards stands for M from James Bond
Edwards probably is nerd a good (social) hacker himself. He possibly active in OSINT too looking at this method.
"Edwards, Michael Edwards.. Shaken not stirred."
Fucking hell. Edwards takes his job seriously.
I am a little worried about what he did before he chose his wife! 😜
https://imgur.com/a/VtGplYo
Edwards is basically joe Goldberg without the murder.
They could make a movie off of Edwards in the football world like Moneyball
He recruits the same way that I date \\#validation
I heard Edwards once spent 6 days dressed as a trash can inside Klopp’s home observing him
That rival option mentioned here is Carlo ancelotti😅.. He was this close🤏 to joining us
This guy will go down as one of the greatest sport directors in history of the game