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      Ex-England keeper David Seaman goes from saving goals to saving pennies with his new bargains guide

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      FORMER Arsenal and England goalie David Seaman has gone from saving goals to saving pennies with a guide to bagging bargains.
      The millionaire’s tips include being friendly to negotiate better deals and using discount stores.

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      ‘Safe Hands’ David Seaman is putting his saving skills to good use againCredit: Professional Sport

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      The goalkeeping legend has written his own guide to bagging bargainsCredit: Rex Features
      He also suggests borrowing bigger items such as lawnmowers and hedge trimmers from neighbours as “something borrowed is something saved”.
      Seaman, 56 — nicknamed Safe Hands for his exploits between the sticks — said: “Don’t worry about hitting the discount stores.
      “I bought some shorts from a discount store. My mates really took the pee out of me. Didn’t bother me a jot.
      “Being friendly is always going to give you a better chance of getting a better deal. You won’t get anything by being miserable.

      “And if you don’t ask for a deal, you won’t get a deal. Every ‘no’ is a step further towards a ‘yes’.”

      The guide, Save It Like Safe Hands, puts his sensible attitude down to his upbringing in Rotherham.
      He writes: “We had no money, so saving and being savvy have always been in my blood.
      “Being a Yorkshire lad, it’s something you never lose.”

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      Seaman puts his sensible attitude down to his upbringing in RotherhamCredit: Rex Features

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      England boss Gareth Southgate gives team penalty tips to help them reach final — despite Euro ’96 semi-final miss

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      ENGLAND boss Gareth Southgate gave his local side penalty tips to help them reach a play-off final — despite once fluffing a vital spot-kick himself.
      Southgate, 49, missed a sudden-death penalty for England in the Euro ’96 semi-final against Germany, who went on to win the tournament.

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      Gareth Southgate missed a sudden-death penalty for England in the Euro ’96 semi-final against GermanyCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Despite missing the vital penalty against Germany, the England boss successfully helped his local team reach a play-off final that could see Harrogate promoted to the Football League for the first time Credit: EPA
      But he passed on the benefit of his experience to help Harrogate Town prepare for their National League play-off semi-final against Boreham Wood.
      His tips helped Town to a 1-0 win on Saturday and they now face Notts County in Sunday’s Wembley final.
      Harrogate keeper James Belshaw said: “The stuff he told us about preparing for penalties was really good. We’d obviously been working on them in training ahead of the game and it was great to get his perspective.
      “He also gave us some tips on set-pieces, and we scored the goal that won the game from a corner.”

      Southgate, who lives near Harrogate, laid his penalty demons to rest in 2018 when England beat Colombia in a shootout on their way to the semi-finals.
      James added: “What Gareth said to us definitely helped in terms of our preparation. He reminded us that nobody was asking us to go out and do anything we’d not done before. We just had to go out and play football, play our own game.”
      Victory on Sunday will see Harrogate promoted to the Football League for the first time in their 106-year history.

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      Harrogate Town players were helped in their bid for promotion by England boss SouthgateCredit: Represented by ZUMA Press, Inc.

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      Southgate’s missed penalty that saw England lose the Euro ’96 shootout with GermanyCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

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      England footie ace Alex Scott reveals she turned to booze after being harassed by internet trolls

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      FOOTY pundit Alex Scott has revealed she turned to booze after being harassed by trolls when she finished playing.
      The England women’s football star won 140 caps and played in the London 2012 Olympics.

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      Alex Scott revealed she turned to booze after being harassed by trolls when she finished playingCredit: Dan Charity – The Sun
      Alex, 35, was speaking out about mental health as part of Prince William’s Heads Up campaign.
      She spoke to Watford’s Troy Deeney as part of the Duke of Cambridge’s #SoundOfSupport series.
      Alex, who retired three years ago, said “I was that footballer where, when I retired [and was] getting trolled, I found that I was turning to drink to try and hide what I was feeling.
      “I didn’t tell anyone – I didn’t tell my mum because I didn’t want her to worry.

      “I’m very much that person – I can look after myself, I can deal with stuff – but then obviously sometimes that’s the wrong way.

      When I retired and was getting trolled, I found that I was turning to drink to try and hide what I was feeling.
      Alex Scott

      “I got to a dark place and it was over Christmas that’s when I was like ‘I can’t carry on like this’ – this is not me – I need to seek help.
      “Now when I talk about mental health, straight away I’m smiling. Because I know what it’s done for me to leave that place.

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      Speaking to Troy Deeney as part of Prince William’s #SoundOfSupport series, Alex said she realised she needed help after going to a ‘dark place’Credit: PA:Press Association

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      Deeney also opened up about his experiences with mental health, revealing that he had been in therapyCredit: PA:Press Association
      “I’m content. I’m happy. And I feel like I want to give that to everyone else.”

      Ex-England skipper Rio Ferdinand also told how the England shirt “weighed heavy” while Deeney revealed he had been in therapy.
      Rio, speaking to rugby ace Owen Farrell in a #SoundOfSupport chat, said: “As a captain, as an England player, the shirt was a heavy shirt when I played for England.
      “More so than Man United… In my generation, [we’d] never like, go into a room on our own, sit there and go ‘Guys listen, Cup Final tomorrow, I’m so nervous’.
      “Because everyone would sit there and go ‘What?’.
      “And almost you’d look him to say ‘He’s a weak link, he’s going to be a nightmare tomorrow for us’.
      “Now looking back, I think ‘maybe I could have helped a few people through’.”
      Deeney revealed he spent time in therapy. The striker said: “From the age of like 18, I was a proper loose cannon.

      “I was just in a bad place, but then when I went to jail, I had to do a therapy course.
      “It was only really when I came out that I’ve realised that I don’t talk. So when I have an opportunity to talk and have a conversation now, I grasp it. It’s kind of my own therapy and I feel lighter for it.”
      The videos posted on YouTube are ahead of this Saturday’s Heads Up FA Cup Final.

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      Deeney said he was a ‘loose cannon’ at 18 but attending therapy in prison helped himCredit: ZUMA Press, Inc.

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      Rio Ferdinand admits England shirt felt ‘heavier’ than Man Utd’s and he NEVER believed Three Lions would win a trophy

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      RIO FERDINAND has confessed his England shirt always felt ‘heavier,’ than his Manchester United shirt.
      And he never really believed England’s Golden Generation would deliver the success they were tipped for – even when he captained the Three Lions.

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      Rio Ferdinand confessed his England shirt always felt ‘heavier,’ than his Manchester United shirt

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      Ferdinand expressed his candid thoughts during an interview with England rugby union captain Owen Farrell
      Ferdinand says being able to call on global superstars such as David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Sol Campbell should have made England one of the most feared and formidable football nations on the planet.
      Instead, the Three Lions turned out to be paper-tigers, with Ferdinand, who earned 81 caps and was a veteran of three world cups, revealing their tactics were fatally flawed under a succession of managers.
      Ferdinand, the youngest ever defender to play for England when he made his international debut against Cameroon, aged 19 years and eight days in 1997, said: “As a captain, as an England player, the shirt was a heavy shirt when I played for England.
      “More so than Man United, for different reasons. The expectation. The years of disappointment which had gone before us.

      “And our year was called the Golden Generation which heaped a bit more pressure on us at the time.
      “The big difference between wearing an England shirt and a Man United shirt is that I felt very comfortable and confident at Man United that we were on the right lines, the tight pathway to success.
      “Whereas with England I didn’t necessarily believe in it.

      As a captain, as an England player, the shirt was a heavy shirt when I played for England.
      Rio Ferdinand

      “When I look back now – at the time I thought I did – but I look back now with hindsight and just think that I didn’t believe in the tactics.

      “With that comes doubt and when doubt creeps into any sportsman’s mind, you know you are on a losing run then.”
      Ferdinand was selected by caretaker England boss Peter Taylor and went on to star for Sven-Goran Eriksson, Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson.
      But the baggage and the pressure of knowing England expects weighed the golden generation down and says the current squad, under Gareth Southgate, has conquered those demands due to some shrewd man-management and the innocence of youth.
      He said: “I think that’s all changed now under Gareth. The way he approaches it and the way he’s got these young players coming through, moulding them together.”
      Ferdinand expressed his candid thoughts during an interview with England rugby union captain Owen Farrell as part of the six-part #SoundOfSupport series for the Heads Up campaign.
      Mental health is a hugely important issue for Ferdinand, who suffered personal tragedy when his wife Rebecca died of breast cancer in May 2015, aged 34.

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      Ferdinand’s wife Rebecca sadly died of breast cancer in May 2015, aged 34Credit: Getty – Contributor
      Ferdinand’s memoir of his wife’s illness and subsequent bereavement, Thinking Out Loud, was published in October 2017.
      He married for the second time, in 2019, when he wed Kate Wright, who he can share his worries and anxieties with.
      However he admits that kind of emotional intimacy was something he shied away from in his playing days, and says it took a visit to England’s rugby squad to realise even the toughest guys in sport have to share their fears and anxieties sometimes.
      In the video, Ferdinand told Farrell: “I’ve been in a dressing room with you guys after a game and I remember coming out with Michael Carrick and going …. Phew!
      “You guys seemed able to breathe and talk and communicate – that was a massive, massive difference to what it was with our generation. 
      “In my generation, [we’d] never, go into a room on our own, sit there and go ‘Guys listen, Cup Final tomorrow, I’m so nervous’. Because everyone would sit there and go ‘What?”.
      “You’d look at him as if to say ‘He’s a weak link, he’s going to be a nightmare tomorrow for us’. Whereas you guys seem like you’re a bit more forward-thinking, in that we can rally round.
      Now looking back, I think ‘maybe I could have helped a few people through who maybe would have helped us in the long run if I had put an arm around the shoulder or been a little bit more softer around those issues’.”

      Farrell led England to the Rugby Union world cup final in Japan last November and said: The build-up to a test week can be a long week and you know everyone has got their own thoughts. The main thing for us is to speak what we are thinking.
      “If that’s something that makes you a bit more vulnerable then that’s good. Because if you’re thinking it, I’d probably think a few more are as well.
      “So to put it out there and come up with a solution together is a stronger way of doing it.”

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      Centre-back Ferdinand during his Old Trafford days Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Newcastle’s Saudi takeover collapses as tearful Staveley blames Prem rivals amid rumours of Mike Ashley price hike

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      TEARFUL Amanda Staveley blamed the Premier League and rival clubs for the collapse of her bid to buy Newcastle.
      Staveley, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Reuben brothers dramatically pulled the plug on their £300million takeover.

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      An emotional Staveley lashed out at Newcastle’s Prem rivalsCredit: EPA
      It came amid rumours Magpies owner Mike Ashley tried to up the asking price at the last minute.
      And the finger of blame was also pointed at Prem rivals Liverpool and Tottenham, who felt threatened by Newcastle’s potential.
      An emotional Staveley cried and said: “The reason the deal failed is because of the Premier League.
      “They had a chance, they say we have not answered all the questions and we have done so.

      “But the other clubs in the Premier League didn’t want it to happen.
      “I am absolutely heartbroken for the club, the fans and the community, as the investment that was going to go into the club would have been so important. It’s catastrophic for them.”
      A deal was struck with Ashley in early April.
      Staveley’s side — which includes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the chairman of the PIF — insisted they did not jump before being pushed.

      But their chances of getting the go ahead dwindled as questions over the Prem TV rights piracy racked up.

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      It has been rumoured Mike Ashley tried to hike up the price of the deal at the last minuteCredit: PA:Press Association

      Statement pt1 – We feel great compassion for the Newcastle United fans with whom we shared a great commitment to help Newcastle United harness its tremendous potential and build upon its impressive and historic legacy while working closely with the local community #nufctakover https://t.co/p5xBsKL4gD
      — Jamie Reuben (@jamiereuben) July 30, 2020

      Fellow investor Jamie Reuben tweeted: “We feel great compassion for the fans with whom we shared a great commitment to help Newcastle harness its tremendous potential and build upon its impressive and historic legacy while working closely with the local community #nufctakover
      “We truly appreciated your incredible expressions of support and your patience. We are sorry it is not to be.”
      A joint-statement from the bidders said: “The prolonged process coupled with the global circumstances rendered the potential investment no longer commercially viable.” British businesswoman Staveley has now failed twice to buy Newcastle.
      But she added: “Do we give up now? I don’t know. There may be a way forward.”

      Rumours surfaced yesterday Ashley had tried to hike up the price.
      SunSport approached Ashley for comment last night but Staveley added: “There was no argument. We get on very well. We had a deal agreed.”
      With the Saudi bid over, American businessman Henry Mauriss believes he is now in prime position.
      The owner of Clear TV entered the fray last month and has reportedly been in talks with Ashley over a £340m buy out.
      The Saudi takeover was dogged by opposition from human rights activists over Bin Salman’s role in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

      His fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, said: “Let this defeat send a strong message to the leadership in Saudi Arabia that they will not be able to use their money to cover up their human rights record, or protect those  responsible  for  Jamal’s  murder.”
      And Amnesty international director, Peter Frankental, warned: “There needs to be a rule change to ensure the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ test provides proper scrutiny of the human rights records.
      “This deal was always a blatant attempt by the government of Saudi Arabia to try to sportswash its abysmal human rights record by buying into the passion, prestige and pride of Tyneside football.”

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      Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr will NOT be a pat-a-cake exhibition… it is shameful that the bout has been sanctioned

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      MIKE TYSON’S eight-round exhibition with Roy Jones Jr has shamefully been officially sanctioned by the Californian State Athletic Commission.
      And if that’s not an example of boxing scandalously shooting itself in the foot I don’t know what is.

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      Mike Tyson will make a boxing comeback at the age of 54Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Roy Jones Jr, 51, has the ominous task of trading with Tyson
      Last week it was announced Tyson, 54, and Jones, 51, wearing 12oz gloves — but no headguards — are going to meet behind closed doors at the misnamed Dignity Health Park, Carson, a suburb of Los Angeles.
      America is a free country and if Tyson, who hasn’t been in the ring for 15 years wishes to stage a farcical comeback so be it.
      And if fans are willing to pay the outrageous sum of £39 to watch this unedifying spectacle that’s their prerogative.
      What I find totally abhorrent is that the California Commission, which has the reputation of being one of the strictest in the US when it comes to the health and safety of boxers, should give it their blessing.

      The British Boxing Board of Control would never entertain the idea of two men in their fifties, obviously going through a form of middle-aged madness, indulging in such blatant attention-seeking.
      BBBofC secretary Robert Smith was being diplomatic when he told me: “I must say I’m very surprised at the California Commission, held in such high regard by every governing body in the world, allowing this to happen.”
      If the California Commission had done the right and sensible thing and rejected Tyson and Jones, no doubt they would have found a rogue State to accommodate them.

      Just as Aaron ‘The Hawk’ Pryor did 30 years ago.

      Pryor, one of the 20th century’s greatest fighters, following detached retina surgery, was diagnosed as being legally blind in his left eye.
      Yet he still had the gall to apply to the California Commission to renew his licence to continue his career.
      Hardly surprisingly his application was thrown out.
      Desperate for money to feed his cocaine habit, Pryor — who held the world light-welterweight title for five years — went to Wisconsin to try his luck there.
      This is where the story belongs in the can’t-make-it-up section.
      Though it beggars belief, Pryor got his licence.

      They are just going to be there moving around the ring and letting the fans see legends
      Andy FosterExecutive director of the California Commission

      Maureen Cummings, secretary of the Wisconsin licensing authority explained: “The State considers Pryor’s problem a handicap rather than a medical condition.
      “And we have strict laws against discriminating against the handicapped.”
      Aaron, who eventually kicked his drug habit, knocked out a journeyman. He was 60 when he died of heart failure four years ago.
      Andy Foster, executive director of the California Commission, justified his organisation’s highly controversial decision to pander to Tyson and Jones.
      He said: “They won’t be trying to hurt each other. This isn’t a situation where they are going out there to try to take each other’s heads off.
      “They are just going to be there moving around the ring and letting the fans see legends.”
      Tyson’s ominous reaction to that statement was: “The gods of war have reawakened me and I want to go to war again. I just know one way of fighting.”

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      Foster and his colleagues are banking on Tyson and Jones being involved in a pat-a-cake, so-called exhibition bout so neither of them are liable to be seriously hurt.
      But once the bell sounds and the adrenaline starts pumping through Tyson’s veins, anything is likely to happen.
      As Smith drily remarked: “Some of the best fights I’ve seen were supposed to be exhibitions.”

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      Lewis Hamilton ready to commit to new Mercedes deal to stay in F1 for three more years

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      LEWIS HAMILTON is ready for at least another three years in F1 after being fired up during lockdown.
      The 35-year-old, who is currently on around £40million a year, is in talks with Mercedes over a new deal.

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      Lewis Hamilton looks set for three more years with MercedesCredit: Splash News
      Hamilton’s current contract expires at the end of this season — his 14th in F1.
      But ahead of this weekend’s  British GP at Silverstone, he insists he has not lost his appetite for racing.
      The Brit, who can equal Michael Schumacher’s record seven world titles this season and is five wins off matching the German’s all-time record of 91  victories, is also leading the call for increasing diversity within the sport.
       Hamilton said: “I would say  the Covid-19 lockdown, when we had the first part of the season cancelled, in some ways  gave a lot of life, a lot of energy to focus on some other things.

      “That  time off was really a bit of breathing space. It gave me a renewed bit of energy to perhaps go longer.

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      Hamilton insists he has not lost his appetite for F1Credit: Reuters
      “There is a point at which physicality and the mental side tail off, and I don’t know when that’s going to be.
      “But I don’t see that happening in the short term, in the next two or three years.
      “Also, we’re in a period where there’s not another driver from my background coming up at the moment, and I’m conscious of that as well.

      “So my goal is to continue to deliver for as long as I can. I do see myself going for at least another three years.”
       Meanwhile, Sergio Perez will discover today if he can compete this weekend after undergoing a second Covid-19 test.
      The Mexican, 30, who drives for the Silverstone-based Racing Point team, took a pre-event test but the results were inconclusive.

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      He was immediately sent away from the circuit and put into isolation pending the results of a second test.
      The team have also isolated the small number of team members he came into contact with as part of F1’s plans to  prevent the virus spreading.
      Should he fail the second test, Racing Point will be able to call on Mercedes’ reserve drivers, Stoffel Vandoorne or Esteban Gutierrez or even ex-F1 ace Nico Hulkenberg.

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      Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals his dad pushed him to be coach… but tragically died before he made it

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      JURGEN KLOPP might have the medals and the adulation now but behind the smiley, laughing and joyous facade there is a deep family heartache and regret.
      Over the past 13 months, the larger-than-life German has transformed his career, going from football’s perennial runner-up to serial winner.

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      Jurgen Klopp has transformed his career, going from football’s perennial runner-up to serial winner
      Thanks to Klopp, Liverpool are firmly back on their perch after 30 years, becoming Premier League, European and world champions.
      And the German’s philosophy is so deep-rooted at Anfield that Liverpool could potentially dominate English football for the next generation.
      Yet for all he has achieved in 19 years of management, including stints with Mainz and Borussia Dortmund, Klopp admits there remains a huge presence missing from his home life.
      Sadly his biggest critic, dad Norbert — a salesman and former goalkeeper — is not around to witness his son’s feats, specifically lifting the Premier League title in a foreign land.

      Stuttgart-born Klopp said: “My dad never saw me as a manager. He died four months before I became one.
      “My father was a natural coach as well. If you had asked him, he’d have said: ‘Yeah, you have to be a coach.’ But we never spoke about that.
      “He pushed me through my career pretty much. Really harsh criticism. Now my real career he never saw.

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      Klopp with his dad Norbert, a salesman and former goalkeeper
      “That’s hard to be honest from time to time. What makes it really strange, I am 53 years old, and if I sit in a specific angle in the mirror, I’m scared to death as I look exactly like my father.

      “I had never looked like my father. My whole life I looked like my mother. All of a sudden, it’s changed, it’s my dad! It’s really crazy.”
      Klopp’s candid confession came in a relaxed conversation with Liverpool defender Andy Robertson in the first of the six-part #SoundOfSupport series for the Heads Up campaign.
      Mental health is a big issue for Klopp and he advises all of his players to speak their minds if they are feeling down.
      Klopp said: “We’re all concerned about physical and mental health. We’re just used to getting help for physical health.
      “Obviously when we have pain or are bleeding, it’s obvious and we don’t have to explain to anybody. Everybody knows when you’re bleeding you need help. So that’s easy.

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      Klopp reckons he is starting to look like his old man
      “The general group we have created at Melwood, we really have now a high level of expectation.
      “But we all feel it is not about me alone. To fulfil them, we do it together. So, if I am not perfect today . . .  it helps so you don’t feel all the burden of everything on your shoulders.
      “You know, I can get help in this case from my mates.
      “If you have a group of friends or colleagues and create an atmosphere like this, it helps already.
      “The main issue is feeling alone in different situations in life.
      “There is no problem big enough or small enough you cannot talk about. Life is a challenge for all of us constantly. It starts with getting up in the morning.
      “For some it’s easier, for others it’s not that easy. That’s the first little fight you have to win.

      He pushed me through my career pretty much. Really harsh criticism. Now my real career he never saw.
      Klopp on his dad Norbert

      “Then all the problems start. My advice would be: talk and don’t be embarrassed about your situation.
      “You will be surprised how many people have the same problem.”
      At the start of lockdown in March, Klopp says he made efforts to reassure the league-leading Liverpool squad, fearing the potential for cancelling the season was one option on the table for football’s law-makers.
      Klopp said: “There were moments in the lockdown when we thought it was a proper setback from all our dreams.
      “Wow, we are so close. Such a sensational season and now it looks like it could get away. It was a setback for all of us together.
      “We could calm each other. I sent everyone a message. Even when I thought, wow, it could happen.
      “We have all had setbacks in our own lives. As a footballer it starts pretty early sometimes.”

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      Liverpool boss Klopp receiving his title winner’s medal

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      Klopp holding the Champions League trophy aloft in Madrid last year Credit: Getty – Contributor
      Robertson — a £10million signing from Hull in 2017 — also spoke about losing his aunt, who he recalls showing particular belief when he was released by Celtic as a teen.
      The full-back, 26, said of leaving the Bhoys: “I was a normal 15-year-old lad so there were probably a few tears but my mum and dad got me my favourite curry that night.
      “My auntie came up to the house and she told mum ‘I’m telling you, he’ll make it as a footballer,’ and that’s always stayed with me.
      “When I was at Dundee United, on Christmas Day in 2013, sadly she passed away. She was one that always believed I was something special even when probably nobody believed it.
      “That does bug me a bit, that she’s not seen me lift the Champions League, the Premier League and things like that.”
      Robertson echoes the idea that talking about issues helps deal with them.
      The Scot added: “When I started making it professional that’s when I struggled the most.

      “Only since the last year or two, since we have had kids, I have started to open up.
      “I used to be the one who blocked everything up and dealt with it but I feel so much better. After a ten-minute conversation opening up, I felt better.
      “Mentally it has been a lot easier because I have opened up better.”

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      Liverpool full-back Andrew Robertson with KloppCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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