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Borussia coach Klopp opens door to EPL move

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London: Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has opened the door to an English Premier League (EPL) move by admitting that England is the only other country in which he would work and that he would happily talk with interested clubs.

Klopp will bring his team to the Emirates Stadium here Tuesday for a Champions League match against Arsenal Thursday and is regarded among the best and most charismatic young coaches in Europe, reports Daily Telegraph.

Although Dortmund are currently languishing down in 15th place in the Bundesliga, Klopp has twice guided his team to the German title and also reached the Champions League final of 2013.

He was previously pursued by Chelsea and is believed to feature prominently on the succession-planning list at Arsenal for Arsene Wenger.

His potential availability, though, would also be of interest to other Premier League clubs, with Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool all having made disappointing starts to the season.

Regarding working in England, Klopp said: “I think it’s the only country I think where I should work, next to Germany because it’s the only country I know the language a little bit and I need the language for my work. If somebody will call me, then we will talk about it.”

Klopp, who took the Borussia job in 2008, also admitted that he can’t guarantee the future of star winger Marco Reus, who is coveted by a series of leading European clubs. Dortmund have also lost strikers Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski in recent seasons to Bayern Munich.

“We had very successful years and we could not keep all these players. Not all of them stayed here. They had their own dreams, their own situations, different ideas, whatever. So we will see,” the 47-year-old Klopp said.

“The most important thing is the story of this club will go on. We’ll have to do it with other players. It’s not our idea to keep this team together until the end and they go away. That was not the idea. We did it because of the potential of these players.”

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.

Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.

Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”

Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.

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