Jurgen Klopp sat in the dugout at several big derby showdowns between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke. He will be a lot farther away for Saturday’s renewal of the fixture but the Liverpool manager’s interest will be keener than ever.
With England’s young star Jadon Sancho and his Dortmund team-mates due to line up against their most bitter of Ruhr district rivals at an empty Signal Iduna Park, it will mark the end of a two-month suspension of one of Europe’s biggest leagues.
However, Dynamo Dresden, who play in the second tier, showed how sensitive a restart is when they announced on Saturdaynight that their entire squad had gone into isolation after two players tested positive for coronavirus.