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Liverpool appoint Brazil legend Taffarel as goalkeeping coach to work alongside Alisson

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[article]The 55-year-old is to combine his Anfield duties with his role with the Brazilian national team

Liverpool have appointed Brazilian legend Claudio Taffarel as the club’s new senior goalkeeping coach.

The 55-year-old, a World Cup winner with the Selecao in 1994, will move to Anfield after finalising a work permit this week. Taffarel will combine his Reds duties with his role with the Brazil national team.


He will work alongside the Reds’ current goalkeeping coaches, John Achterberg and Jack Robinson, as part of the club’s first-team staff, but GOAL understands the arrival of Taffarel has been driven in no small part by Alisson Becker, who signed a new six-year deal with the Reds in the summer.

What’s the story?
Taffarel is one of the most decorated goalkeepers in Brazilian history, winning 101 caps and lifting two Copas America, as well as the World Cup in the USA in 1994.

At club level he played for the likes of Parma, Reggiana and Galatasaray, with whom he later worked as a coach and had two short spells as interim manager. He left the Turkish side in 2019.

He has worked as goalkeeping coach for the Brazilian national team since 2014, and has struck up a strong relationship with Alisson as a result.

GOAL understands Taffarel visited Liverpool’s AXA Training Centre last week having held initial discussions with the club over a potential role during the summer.

What does it mean for Liverpool's goalkeeping coaches?
Taffarel’s appointment will certainly be welcomed by Alisson, though what it means for Achterberg, in particular, remains to be seen, especially in the long run.

The Dutchman has been at Anfield since 2009, and has worked with the first team since 2011. He has a strong relationship with Jurgen Klopp, and is popular with both players and staff, known for his passion, dedication and encyclopaedic knowledge of goalkeepers across the world.

Robinson, meanwhile, joined as assistant goalkeeping coach in 2018, having previously worked for the English FA.

For now, it is understood that Taffarel will work alongside those two, though it is no coincidence, surely, that he has arrived just a few months after Alisson committed his long-term future to the club.[/article]
 
Odd. Maybe Pitaluga is homesick or being tracked by other clubs and they think it might help keep him?
 
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Jürgen Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com: “The idea is that, in our opinion, we have now in a lot of positions the best we can imagine.

“In terms of goalkeepers, it means we have Alisson Becker, who for us is the best goalie in the world. We have Caoimhin Kelleher, who we really think is an exceptional, exceptional player. We have Adrian, who has shown his qualities since he arrived here. Then we have Marcelo Pitaluga, then we have Harvey Davies, so we have five goalies in different age groups, which is great but we want to have even more of these guys.

“We want to build kind of our own philosophy in goalkeeping because we all agree it’s its own game, so that’s why we wanted to have another completely different view on it. We spoke to Ali because two of the best goalies in the world are Brazilians and so we found a solution with bringing in Taffarel as a really nice addition to our whole coaching staff. We really think it can give us just a different view again, to look at different things.


“We really want to really be a proper goalkeeping school in world football and so that’s why we’re bringing in a third very, very experienced goalkeeper coach.”

After retiring in 2003, Taffarel re-joined Galatasaray as a goalkeeper coach and would go on to also have two interim spells in charge of the Turkish club in 2014 and 2015.

Klopp believes what he will add to the Liverpool backroom team will perfectly complement the work done by Achterberg and Robinson each and every day in Kirkby.

“Jack is obviously still pretty young in the job and for him it’s great to get knowledge about this kind of philosophy as well,”
said the boss. “Where can you get this from usually? You have to make training programmes and fly to different countries, but we’ll get it here first-hand.

“And John is very open for these kind of things and is really happy. He met Taffarel before anyway at the Brazilian national team. John is an encyclopaedia when it comes to goalies, he knows so much about everything to do with goalkeeping.

“Having Taffarel here will be good for John – and Jack – to exchange ideas and analysis. He’s just another hand in a very important part of the game.

“Having different cultures is important at the training ground. We have here Dutch, English, German and now a little bit of Brazilian influence in the coaching staff. It helps for sure.”

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Interesting. We do seem to “collect” and educate lots of young goalkeepers in recent years - so apparently the ambition is to create kind of a goalkeeping school that’s distinctive in style from anything elsewhere. Will it work?
 
To be honest it just sounds like Alisson asked for him and we said yeah.

I think he might also double up as our chief negotiator if we run into trouble with the Brazilian FA with international fixtures and COVID restrictions.
 
To be honest it just sounds like Alisson asked for him and we said yeah.

I'm sure that's part of it, but on the other hand even Alisson himself has been recruited based on certain stylistic criteria we've identified early on as crucial to the way we play. And as Klopp explained, Taffarel has not been brought in just to work with Alisson and other first team GKs, but to help oversee and develop the Academy-level GK "school" as well – there are so many young goalkeepers in our system now that we actually need more coaches. It's interesting that they are taking a part of football that seems the most individualistic and idiosyncratic and trying to install some kind of system there as well.

Good point by @peekay too – I'm sure employing one of the legends of Brazilian football will have all kinds of additional benefits in dealing with Brazilian players, agents and FA...
 
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Maybe I'm misremembering, but the joke always was how brilliant Brazil were, but their keeper was crap. Maybe that was the keeper before Taffarel though.
 


https://thesetpieces.com/interviews...son-and-the-history-of-brazilian-goalkeeping/

[article]There’s a touch of Ginga about Alisson Becker: he moves with swagger, relieved from the chains that, in the past, often reduced goalkeepers to contorted figures. Liverpool’s No.1 invites opposition strikers to apply pressure before dribbling past – or even chipping the ball over – them. He displayed his great dexterity in the Reds’ 1-0 victory over Brighton, but his approach backfired against Leicester when Kelechi Iheanacho intercepted his improvised Cruyff turn and teed up Rachid Ghezzal for a simple finish.

The Brazilian’s blunder was uncharacteristic. Alisson is an excellent goalkeeper and possesses all the fundamentals to consolidate his position among the world’s best. He’s imposing on his line and capable of great reflex saves, qualities which means he’s Brazil’s undisputed first choice. He briefly became the world’s most expensive glovesman when Liverpool paid Roma £67m for his services in the summer, with the 25-year-old joining his compatriot Ederson in the Premier League.

“Brazilian football was viewed in a different spotlight,” says Claudio Taffarel, Brazil’s goalkeeping coach and 1994 World Cup winner.

“When Brazilian football was looked at, everyone was looking at the No.10, the man who scored, the striker. Football has begun to change a little. Football is valuing the goalkeeper more. Today, when you look at [Pep] Guardiola’s team, they always have a goalkeeper who plays well with his feet. The Brazilian school has all this, it is technical with the feet, with the arms. Now, this is being valued.”


Taffarel stood at the cradle of Brazil’s goalkeeping revolution. He gained global fame in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out defeat of Italy in the final of USA 94. Brazil’s sweat-drenched No.1 parried Daniele Massaro’s spot-kick, before Roberto Baggio skied his effort over the bar to hand Brazil a fourth world title.

Yet Taffarel’s importance goes well beyond that landmark moment in Brazilian football history. As Brazil’s market opened up in the early 1990s – a result of increased globalisation – he crossed the Atlantic to join Parma from Internacional. Taffarel prevailed in the daunting environment of Serie A and paved the way for other Brazilian goalkeepers to move to Europe.

“In Italy, I was the first Brazilian goalkeeper, so it’s logic that it was a pull, a Brazilian goalkeeper in Italy,” he reflects. “Italy has always said that they have the best goalkeeping school. Suddenly, a Brazilian goes to play there and a lot of people were saying that I was only there because of our sponsor, Parmalat, which was entering the Brazilian market.

“My own coach told me: ‘And now you are going to become a goalkeeper.’ You encounter things like that, but you are always prepared for these challenges. It’s good that it happens. Irrespective of the fact that you’re the PR boy or there to learn, the important thing is that you’re there and that you do your work. If you look, 30 years have passed and Alisson at times encountered the same things: a Brazilian goalkeeper who’s going to get better.”

Countrymen Dida and Julio Cesar were among Taffarel’s successors, excelling in Serie A and helping to erode the myth that Brazilian goalkeepers are suspect. They were both cool, calm and often decisive, albeit still prone to the occasional blunder. Milan’s Dida won the Italian league and the Champions League twice; Inter’s Julio Cesar triumphed five times in Serie A and lifted the European Cup under Jose Mourinho in 2010.

“It’s a myth, because when I began playing for the Seleção in Italy they were saying ‘Ah, now Brazil has a goalkeeper,’ explains Taffarel.

“I moved on. Then Dida came and they went ‘Ah, now Brazil has a goalkeeper.’ He also left and Julio Cesar came. ‘Ah, now Brazil has a goalkeeper.’ Now it’s Alisson. It’s always ‘now.’ In the past, how many times has Brazil won the World Cup and how many times was the goalkeeper decisive? Marcos in 2002. People forget this and want to value their own school [of goalkeeping].

“In Brazil we also don’t want to enter in conflict with the European school, the Italian one, the Spanish one, but we understand our potential. We know what we do, how we work and we’ll always follow that path.”

Taffarel was a trailblazer, Dida and Julio Cesar consolidators, and with Alisson and Ederson Brazilian goalkeeping has come full circle. The England-based duo possess all the qualities associated with the Brazilian school: shot-stopping ability, a preference for catching the ball over palming it away, and a cool-headed mentality.

“You know, from the moment Alisson started playing at Roma he has enjoyed a natural growth. We all expected it, because in Brazil he had already shown his potential. He always showed that in the Brazilian team as well. For us, it is very important. For the Brazilian goalkeepers it opens a lot of doors in Europe when they’re spoken of well. Ederson has impressive potential. Over time he will grow.”

The Manchester City custodian is more assertive than his Liverpool counterpart, or at least Pep Guardiola’s style of play allows him to be. Ederson’s composure in possession and passing qualities make him the perfect fit for the Premier League champions.

“Ederson already played well with his feet at Benfica,”explains Taffarel. “At City, he’s playing much better. When you watch a game of his at City, he plays the ball more with his feet than with his hands. That’s the game of Guardiola. It’s logical that when a goalkeeper tries to perfect what he’s doing, the better he gets. There’s no doubt that with Guardiola’s game Ederson has grown a lot.”

Ederson’s style is not unlike that of Manuel Neuer, the archetypal modern-day sweeper-keeper. The German’s swashbuckling style and willingness to clean up outside his own box earned him plenty of plaudits at the 2014 World Cup, when die Mannschaft won a fourth world title. Taffarel recognises the comparison.

Neuer was the guy who began playing with the feet, but Ederson plays better with his feet than Neuer,” he says. “It’s a different style. Neuer plays the ball a bit more outside of the box. At City, they play inside the box with the goalkeeper. Neuer’s game is much riskier. Neuer really made the goalkeeper participate in the game. Neuer was the instigator of this.”[/article]
 

[article]New Liverpool goalkeeping coach Claudio Taffarel has opened up on Jurgen Klopp’s involvement behind his appointment.

The Brazil legend was appointed as a new goalkeeper coach with the Reds last month, working alongside John Achterberg who recently signed a contract extension until 2024.

Taffarel’s arrival meant that Liverpool’s new goalkeeper coach will now work alongside Alisson Becker for both club and country, with the former stopper also having a role with the Brazil national team.

Speaking to Brazil news outlet Zero Hora , Taffarel has explained how much of a say Klopp and Liverpool had in his appointment.

“Alisson, years ago, told me that if he had the opportunity he would like to bring someone to add along with John and Jack,” said Taffarel.


“There’s our good work in Brazil, and things came together. Klopp agreed, Liverpool accepted, and I’m here, believing that it’s really God who opened this huge door for me.”

Taffarel has been with Liverpool since the end of November, and has spent his time working with the goalkeepers at the AXA Training Centre.

Along with Achterberg, Taffarel will also work alongside assistant goalkeeping coach Jack Robinson.

Taffarel went on to outline why Liverpool’s set-up impresses him, and why he’s determined to “support” Klopp.

“The technical staff is very qualified,” said Taffarel. “The coach is really good and has the help of two Germans, two Dutch, one Portuguese, one British, and now, finally, a Brazilian.

“We all do our best to support Klopp, and the language spoken between us here is English.

“Now, here, there are not three goalkeeping schools. It’s one now, and it’s called Liverpool.

“We plan the day-to-day work together, we understand each other very well, because the main focus is on preparing the goalkeepers, giving the best training to prepare them well. Alisson, who is playing, has shown a very good result, playing great games.

“That’s really the idea here, for the club to have a philosophy and training for a goalkeeper, which, for us, is a very good example of how Alisson plays.

“A safe, technical goalkeeper who plays well with his feet to provide quality and tranquillity when passing the ball or participating in the game.”
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Maybe I'm misremembering, but the joke always was how brilliant Brazil were, but their keeper was crap. Maybe that was the keeper before Taffarel though.
Nah you're right. Wasnt regarded as one of the best keepers in the world at the time.
 
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Found this. So salary is at least £200k a year, if one is to speculate
[article]
Physios on £191k and goalkeeper coaches on £175k: The staggering finances of Sheffield Wednesday's division revealed by leaked EFL survey

The ‘clown car that is Championship football finance’, is how one football money expert puts it.

By Alex Miller
Thursday, 30th April 2020, 7:00 am
UpdatedThursday, 30th April 2020, 3:49 pm

And as the division attempts to handle the pulling of the matchday rug in finance terms, a recent study has laid bare just how incredible spending has become in the second tier.
Up-to-date accounts for Sheffield Wednesday are yet to be published after a Government deadline originally set for the end of this month was put back until the end of July due to the obstruction to business posed by the coronavirus.
Wednesday are understood to be one of the clubs spending well more than their total income on staff costs – 168 per cent according to their 2017/18 accounts – though this figure is expected to have reduced due to players outgoings last summer.



But it’s a broad picture across the division. Last year Reading spent 229 per cent of its income on player wages. Over the past five seasons, Championship clubs have generated £3.03bn income. Wages in the same period? £3.13 billion.
But an eye-watering survey into the scale of that spending has shone a closer light on where that cash is going. And it’s not just on players.A survey carried out by the EFL across the football league uncovered that one Championship club pays their ‘head of IT’ a staggering £115,000 a year, for example. A Championship kit man is paid a salary of £56,000.
The findings of the survey were not meant for public reading – the Daily Mail presented the leak and chose to protect clubs anonymity – and it is not known whether any of the examples offered are those handed over by Sheffield Wednesday.



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The scale of spending in the Championship has been uncovered by a leaked EFL survey.
The highest-paid Championship manager is paid an eye-watering £3.46m per year – over £66,000 per week – a long way over the division’s average of just over £16,880 per week. Assistant management seems to be a lucrative business, too, with one right-hand-man receiving a whopping £812,496 (£15,625).
The report shows that one southern second-tier club pays its sports science chief £100,000 per year. The average salary for that role comes out at £35,000. A first-team coach in the division is paid £200,000, one goalkeeper coach a staggering £175,000.
The disparity between the spending on player wages between League One and the Championship is laid bare, too. The average weekly wage in Wednesday’s league is £29,000 while clubs a league below pay their players an average of just £4,753 – it’s perhaps easy to see why so many clubs struggle after promotion.



It’s the spending rat race with a place in the Premier League at the end of the maze, with parachute payments said to be the piece of cheese at the end of it.
There’s an incredible difference in TV money for those playing in the top tier. Huddersfield Town, relegated as the bottom-placed club last season, received £104.31m in broadcast payments for that season alone. Leeds United, the doyenne of Sky Sports’ Championship coverage, received £9.14m.

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Found this. So salary is at least £200k a year, if one is to speculate
[article]
Physios on £191k and goalkeeper coaches on £175k: The staggering finances of Sheffield Wednesday's division revealed by leaked EFL survey

The ‘clown car that is Championship football finance’, is how one football money expert puts it.

By Alex Miller
Thursday, 30th April 2020, 7:00 am
UpdatedThursday, 30th April 2020, 3:49 pm

And as the division attempts to handle the pulling of the matchday rug in finance terms, a recent study has laid bare just how incredible spending has become in the second tier.
Up-to-date accounts for Sheffield Wednesday are yet to be published after a Government deadline originally set for the end of this month was put back until the end of July due to the obstruction to business posed by the coronavirus.
Wednesday are understood to be one of the clubs spending well more than their total income on staff costs – 168 per cent according to their 2017/18 accounts – though this figure is expected to have reduced due to players outgoings last summer.



But it’s a broad picture across the division. Last year Reading spent 229 per cent of its income on player wages. Over the past five seasons, Championship clubs have generated £3.03bn income. Wages in the same period? £3.13 billion.
But an eye-watering survey into the scale of that spending has shone a closer light on where that cash is going. And it’s not just on players.A survey carried out by the EFL across the football league uncovered that one Championship club pays their ‘head of IT’ a staggering £115,000 a year, for example. A Championship kit man is paid a salary of £56,000.
The findings of the survey were not meant for public reading – the Daily Mail presented the leak and chose to protect clubs anonymity – and it is not known whether any of the examples offered are those handed over by Sheffield Wednesday.



b25lY21zOjA5NjZkNWY2LWY5YzQtNDVjNS05MzdiLTc1YWE1MTE1M2FlMjo2Mzg4M2EzOS1jYmEzLTQ2MGQtYWQxMC0zZmY4OTc2MzU3NjQ=.jpg

The scale of spending in the Championship has been uncovered by a leaked EFL survey.
The highest-paid Championship manager is paid an eye-watering £3.46m per year – over £66,000 per week – a long way over the division’s average of just over £16,880 per week. Assistant management seems to be a lucrative business, too, with one right-hand-man receiving a whopping £812,496 (£15,625).
The report shows that one southern second-tier club pays its sports science chief £100,000 per year. The average salary for that role comes out at £35,000. A first-team coach in the division is paid £200,000, one goalkeeper coach a staggering £175,000.
The disparity between the spending on player wages between League One and the Championship is laid bare, too. The average weekly wage in Wednesday’s league is £29,000 while clubs a league below pay their players an average of just £4,753 – it’s perhaps easy to see why so many clubs struggle after promotion.



It’s the spending rat race with a place in the Premier League at the end of the maze, with parachute payments said to be the piece of cheese at the end of it.
There’s an incredible difference in TV money for those playing in the top tier. Huddersfield Town, relegated as the bottom-placed club last season, received £104.31m in broadcast payments for that season alone. Leeds United, the doyenne of Sky Sports’ Championship coverage, received £9.14m.

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A load of tosh, 191k a year for a physio, trust me no physio in football is on anywhere near this.
 
191k a year doesn't sound like a lot to me.

It's a tiny drop compared to player salaries?

Most professionals at their peak should manage to earn close to that money as well.
 
191k a year doesn't sound like a lot to me.

It's a tiny drop compared to player salaries?

Most professionals at their peak should manage to earn close to that money as well.

And for clubs that can't compete for player wages, investing in staff to squeeze the most out of their squads might be a good investment.
 
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