Jurgen Klopp has maintained the Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award.

The Liverpool managed on Thursday, December 17, 2020, was adjudged the Best for the second successive time after seeing off competition from Leeds United’s Marcelo Bielsa and Champions League-winning coach, Hans Flick of FC Bayern Munich during FIFA’s award ceremony in Zurich.

The manager of Liverpool won the Premier League with the Reds with a club record of 99 points to end the 30-year wait of a top-flight title having transformed the Reds into a title-contending side, branded with exciting football.

Although Hans Flick’s record of winning the Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, German Cup, German Super Cup and UEFA Super Cup was huge having taken charge of the German side in less than a year yet Klopp’s impact was evident and his achievement with the Reds which has taken roots and started bearing fruits has been once again recognised.

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“I didn’t expect it. And Virg told me later he was as surprised as I was,” he told Liverpoolfc.com via a video call.

“Obviously not prepared for that but of course I have to say thank you and I do that – especially on behalf of all my coaching staff. We have a [message] group obviously and ‘we won it again’ was the message pretty much. That’s clear – without them I would not be here and we wouldn’t have the success we had and all that stuff. Without the boys, the players, it would not have been possible,” he added.

Jurgen attributed the win to his squad for their consistency, the fans and all stakeholders of the Champions who have helped him transformed the side from doubters to believers.

“I work in a sensational club, get all the support you need, have only great people around me. So we come here, even in difficult times, every day with a smile on our face. It all makes it easier and makes it possible. I said a couple of times I’m not the biggest believer in these kinds of individual awards for coaches but meanwhile, I learned we just take it for all of us. We can obviously not change the world – one face gets the prize but it’s for all of us and I’m really proud of that,” he added.