KLOPP FAN GLASNER HAS EAGLE EYE ON WIN

CRYSTAL PALACE boss Oliver Glasner reckons Jurgen Klopp has been a standard bearer for Bundesliga coaches but is still aiming to pile more misery on his farewell tour.

Similarly to Klopp, Austrian Glasner (above) has found himself managing in England after multiple successful seasons in Germany.

The departing Liverpool boss was one of the first coaches to make the step from the Bundesliga to the Premier League and since his arrival on Merseyside in

2015, it has become a well-trodden path.

Like Daniel Farke, David Wagner and Jesse Marsch before him, Glasner has switched to the Prem after success in Germany and he is set to face Klopp for the first time in his career today.

The Eagles chief, who had spells with Frankfurt and Wolfsburg, said: “Jurgen is an inspiration for many German-speaking coaches because at the time he was performing at Borussia Dortmund so well and showed a new style of play.

“It was very aggressive and it was new at the time when I was coming to the end of my career as a player. He had a

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lot of influence on my sights to the game and still has.”

After Atalanta battered Liverpool 3-0 on Thursday evening in the Europa League quarter-final first leg, Glasner could add more damage to Klopp’s legacy at Anfield.

The 49-year-old is boosted by the chance of Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze playing together for the first time since he took over in February and with interest high in both players it could be an even rarer sight come next season. Glasner said: “I don’t know if they will start together but it will be good to always have our players back together. “Michael has shown that he can play inside as well as be able to dribble inside and he can be in the box when we are attacking on the other side.

“He has a natural feeling where he can be dangerous and this is what we want to use for us, but he can’t do whatever he wants, he is part of the structure of the team.”