Transformer Klopp, the Revolution of a Club and Culture
- 26 Sep 2024
- 9781837262922
- £20
- 288 pp
- 159×240mm
- 19 Jun 2025
- 9781837262953
- £10.99
- 320 pp
- 129×198mm
- 26 Sep 2024
- 9781837262939
- £15.99
- 288 pp
- 26 Sep 2024
- 9781837262946
- £25
- 7 hrs 34 min
In a few words
From the host of The Anfield Wrap comes a riveting book on the trailblazing Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp and the hope he gave to the club and the people of Liverpool
In a few words
From the host of The Anfield Wrap comes a riveting book on the trailblazing Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp and the hope he gave to the club and the people of Liverpool, now updated to include chapters on the 24/25 league-winning season
In a few words
From the host of The Anfield Wrap comes a riveting book on the trailblazing Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp and the hope he gave to the club and the people of Liverpool, now updated to include chapters on the 24/25 league-winning season
In a few words
From the host of The Anfield Wrap comes a riveting book on the trailblazing Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp and the hope he gave to the club and the people of Liverpool
I was absolutely stunned by Transformer. It’s so joyously discursive - as if Tristram Shandy had written a football book! Maybe dribbling is a better metaphor - as if Maradona’s dribbling skills were translated into words. I honestly felt humbled reading it
Frank Cottrell-boyce
Transformer is a great book on Jürgen Klopp from Mr Atkinson! As you’d expect as Neil has been a huge transformer himself in taking the fanzine days of the '80s and '90s into the digital and visual content that is The Anfield Wrap of today. A must-read for all Reds
Jamie Carragher
It will take a Scouser and a Red to appreciate and capture this divine connection and the nine years of unique excitement it sparked. Nobody is better placed to provide that insight than Neil Atkinson
Clive Tyldesley
Neil's ability to fuse emotion with cultural meaning and speak to the very heart of what Liverpool stands for is unique
Melissa Reddy
Jürgen Klopp is a perfect fit, an ideal match for Liverpool. An outsider who ‘got’ the club and the city in the same way that Shankly and Dalglish did, and who now belongs in this sentence with them simply because he did. It will take a Scouser and a Red to appreciate and capture this divine connection and the 9 years of unique excitement it sparked. Nobody is better placed to provide that insight than Neil Atkinson
Clive Tyldesley
Nobody writes about football like Neil Atkinson. A compelling and perceptive voice, not just on Liverpool but on the game itself, its motives, its meanings and its place in our lives
Jonathan Liew
Jürgen Klopp is a perfect fit, an ideal match for Liverpool. An outsider who ‘got’ the club and the city in the same way that Shankly and Dalglish did, and who now belongs in this sentence with them simply because he did. It will take a Scouser and a Red to appreciate and capture this divine connection and the 9 years of unique excitement it sparked. Nobody is better placed to provide that insight than Neil Atkinson
Clive Tyldesley
Nobody writes about football like Neil Atkinson. A compelling and perceptive voice, not just on Liverpool but on the game itself, its motives, its meanings and its place in our lives
Jonathan Liew
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‘A great book’ JAMIE CARRAGHER
‘Joyously discursive – as if Tristram Shandy has written a football book’ FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE
‘Does anyone in this room think that I can do wonders? I’m a normal guy from the Black Forest . . . I am the “normal one”‘ Jurgen Klopp, 9 October 2015
Jürgen Klopp’s announcement in January 2024 that he was to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season would see an unprecedented outpouring of grief from his adopted city. The Anfield Wrap has followed Liverpool through nine remarkable years, ten cup finals, and eight trophies, and now the ‘normal one’ is finally set to return to a normal life.
But the story of Klopp and Liverpool is a special one. A city haunted by tragedy and economic hardship rapidly found itself reinvigorated and redrawn by one man’s philosophy, and an approach to life and football that was driven by joy, passion and inclusivity. Klopp’s arrival led not only to spectacular footballing success, but also saw Liverpool itself becoming more culturally relevant than at any point since the height of Beatlemania.
Neil Atkinson, host of The Anfield Wrap, tells the story of this unique relationship with a passion, zeal and humour befitting of the man himself. Structured around nineteen notable games in Klopp’s Liverpool career, Atkinson expertly weaves the personal and the political into this retelling of one of football’s most improbable journeys, one that would change both the landscape of the sport and the city of Liverpool forever.
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UPDATED TO COVER THE LEAGUE-WINNING 24/25 SEASON
This is the story of a man who transformed a club and a city
The news of Jurgen Klopp stepping down as Liverpool manager sent shockwaves across his adopted city. The story of Klopp and Liverpool is a special one. This city, haunted by tragedy and economic hardship, found itself reinvigorated by one man’s philosophy, and an approach to football that was driven by joy, passion and inclusivity.
NOW WITH EXCITING NEW MATERIAL
New chapters detail the 24/25 league-winning season under the leadership of Arne Slot – including Key Game 20 and the epic end of a historic year.
More about
the book
UPDATED TO COVER THE LEAGUE-WINNING 24/25 SEASON
This is the story of a man who transformed a club and a city
The news of Jurgen Klopp stepping down as Liverpool manager sent shockwaves across his adopted city. The story of Klopp and Liverpool is a special one. This city, haunted by tragedy and economic hardship, found itself reinvigorated by one man’s philosophy, and an approach to football that was driven by joy, passion and inclusivity.
NOW WITH EXCITING NEW MATERIAL
New chapters detail the 24/25 league-winning season under the leadership of Arne Slot – including Key Game 20 and the epic end of a historic year.
More about
the book
‘Does anyone in this room think that I can do wonders? I’m a normal guy from the Black Forest . . . I am the “normal one”‘ Jurgen Klopp, 9 October 2015
Jürgen Klopp’s announcement in January 2024 that he was to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season would see an unprecedented outpouring of grief from his adopted city. The Anfield Wrap has followed Liverpool through nine remarkable years, ten cup finals, and eight trophies, and now the ‘normal one’ is finally set to return to a normal life.
But the story of Klopp and Liverpool is a special one. A city haunted by tragedy and economic hardship rapidly found itself reinvigorated and redrawn by one man’s philosophy, and an approach to life and football that was driven by joy, passion and inclusivity. Klopp’s arrival led not only to spectacular footballing success, but also saw Liverpool itself becoming more culturally relevant than at any point since the height of Beatlemania.
Neil Atkinson, host of The Anfield Wrap, tells the story of this unique relationship with a passion, zeal and humour befitting of the man himself. Structured around nineteen notable games in Klopp’s Liverpool career, Atkinson expertly weaves the personal and the political into this retelling of one of football’s most improbable journeys, one that would change both the landscape of the sport and the city of Liverpool forever.
Neil's ability to fuse emotion with cultural meaning and speak to the very heart of what Liverpool stands for is unique
Melissa Reddy
Nobody writes about football like Neil Atkinson. A compelling and perceptive voice, not just on Liverpool but on the game itself, its motives, its meanings and its place in our lives
Jonathan Liew
Jürgen Klopp is a perfect fit, an ideal match for Liverpool. An outsider who ‘got’ the club and the city in the same way that Shankly and Dalglish did, and who now belongs in this sentence with them simply because he did. It will take a Scouser and a Red to appreciate and capture this divine connection and the 9 years of unique excitement it sparked. Nobody is better placed to provide that insight than Neil Atkinson
Clive Tyldesley
Transformer is a great book on Jürgen Klopp from Mr Atkinson! As you'd expect as Neil has been a huge transformer himself in taking the fanzine days of the '80s and '90s into the digital and visual content that is The Anfield Wrap of today. A must-read for all Reds
Jamie Carragher
I was absolutely stunned by Transformer. It's so joyously discursive - as if Tristram Shandy had written a football book! Maybe dribbling is a better metaphor - as if Maradona's dribbling skills were translated into words. I honestly felt humbled reading it
Frank Cottrell-boyce
Nobody writes about football like Neil Atkinson. A compelling and perceptive voice, not just on Liverpool but on the game itself, its motives, its meanings and its place in our lives
Jonathan Liew
