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In a Kicker interview published on Monday, Germany’s Jürgen Klopp declared himself a strong advocate of English football’s developmental system. The long-time Liverpool head coach suggested that German football should create a “U21 Bundesliga” modeled after “Premier League 2”; a league exclusively devoted to the reserve squads of larger clubs in which only young talents are allowed to serve.
Such a proposal would obviously constitute a huge change for German football. As it stands, German club reserve squads have no age limit for players and are permitted to rise as high as the third tier professional division. It is such that Klopp’s proposal largely met…
