Jurgen Klopp reacts to ‘absolutely incredible’ coach joining Newcastle United
Mark Leyland has joined Newcastle United from Liverpool, taking up the position of coach analyst.
Jurgen Klopp has hailed the “absolutely incredible” job Mark Leyland carried out at Liverpool following his move to Newcastle United.
Leyland reunites with Eddie Howe on Tyneside with the pair previously working together at Burnley, where the former was a performance analyst.
He joined the Reds in 2013 and has served as the club’s head of post-match and elite player development analysis.
Klopp wished Leyland, who is a lifelong Liverpool fan, well after being handed a more senior role at the Magpies.
What did Jurgen Klopp say about Mark Leyland’s departure?
“It does, absolutely, we couldn’t change that,” he told reporters.
“Mark has been here longer than I have and was absolutely incredible but had a chance for a more senior role at Newcastle, which we couldn’t offer here.
“He was eager to make the next step in his career could have said to start in 3-4 weeks.
“In football, everyone knows everything anyway apart from the line-up. But anyone with a football brain knows how we play football.
“We were happy to let him use this opportunity. Good people should be treated in a good way.”
What did Eddie Howe say about Mark Leyland’s arrival?
Howe said: “Mark has joined the club from Liverpool. He’s someone I worked with at Burnley. A really, really good guy.
“He’s come in as a coach analyst, so he’ll be helping us with all our implementation of our training and coaching.”
What has Mark Leyland previously said about his role at Anfield?
Speaking about his role at Anfield, he told their club website: “We cover all aspects of live match and post-match analysis.
“Our job after a game revolves around us breaking down the game into team aspects and individual player aspects relating to the manager’s philosophy.
“We database statistics and video in relation to how the manager wants our team to play - both good things, and in areas to improve.
“We then feed that back to players, as individuals and as a team.”
He added: “We make video examples of things the coaches would like to see.
“We relay that through Peter [Krawietz, assistant manager] at half-time in the changing room on a big screen… we use around two minutes of video clips.
“After the game we’ll have anything available that the manager or coaches want to see, through our wide-angled, tactical cameras and broadcast footage.”