“HERE HE IS!”
It is a measure of Jürgen Klopp’s popularity that when Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, world soccer stars in their own right, attended FIFA’s recent awards gala in Milan, they did not go out of their way to meet Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo—but they did make a boisterous beeline for Klopp, the 52-year-old German, now in his fifth season at Liverpool, who today may be the best coach in any sport. At the very least he’s the most charismatic, a fist-pumping force of nature who smothers players in bear hugs after games, which these days almost always end in victory.