Serie A side Juventus signed Nick Woltemade on loan from Newcastle United late in the summer transfer window. While the German is yet to make his debut for the Bianconeri, big praise has come from Juve legend Gianluigi Buffon.
The Germany international has a frustrating 2025/26 campaign with the Magpies. Ex-Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe often used him deeper on the pitch and this led to a fall in prominence.
A move to Juventus is now viewed as a shot at redemption. Buffon spoke to La Gazzetta dello Sport about Juve's business in the summer and placed special emphasis on Woltemade.
The ex-keeper said: "I'm curious about Woltemade. I want to see if his physicality, his 198 centimeters (6'4") combined with excellent technique, will be as dominant as I expect."
Buffon also revealed belief that Woltemade can make the same impact as Zlatan Ibrahimovic during his younger days.

#woltemade #summer #serie #nick

Erling Haaland has chopped off his trademark long blond hair, and Zlatan Ibrahimović is not impressed.
The Manchester City star, 26, unveiled his dramatic new buzz cut on Sunday, August 23, ahead of his team's Premier League season opener against Bournemouth.
Haaland documented the transformation in a YouTube video **** led "New Season, New Hair!!" and admitted he was a little nervous about making the change because of a warning Ibrahimović had previously given him.
"The only thing is, Zlatan told me never cut your hair because your strength is in your hair," Haaland said.
After getting the chop, Haaland called Ibrahimović to reveal his new look.

#season #erling

Whether it be Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gareth Bale or Erling Haaland, football has witnessed some iconic man buns over the years.
However, Haaland has decided to begin the new Premier League season with a new - and very different - look.
The Manchester City striker revealed on social media that he had shed his famous blonde locks, posting the caption: "New season, new trim."
Haaland will be hoping his new look brings even more goals as he aims to get off the mark when Enzo Maresca's side face Bournemouth at 14:00 BST on Sunday.
Before cutting his hair, Haaland joked around by showing off some images of his previous hairstyles during his career, and some questionable ideas of how his new hair should look.

#look #season #zlatan #gareth

New season, new hair for Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland.
Haaland has become famed for his exceptional goal-scoring and his trademark long hair over the past several years.
Ahead of the new Premier League season, though, the Norway international has opted for a new look.
The striker shared a video on his personal YouTube channel of his transformation from long locks to a buzz cut.
In the video, Haaland called another long-haired striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for his reaction, along with former Man City coach Pep Guardiola, Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher and Man City teammate Jack Grealish.

#city #premier

Robert Lewandowski is officially up and running in the MLS.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich striker scored his first two goals for Chicago Fire in just his third appearance, leading his new side to a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC. Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 20th minute before netting the winner in the 68th to seal all three points.
Elsewhere in MLS, another familiar Bundesliga face also got on the scoresheet. Lewandowski's former Bayern teammate Thomas Müller converted a penalty to earn the Vancouver Whitecaps a 1-1 draw against Los Angeles FC.
With both former Bayern stars already making an impact in North America, it will be intriguing to see whether they can enjoy the same level of success in MLS as European icons such as Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Wayne Rooney.

#bayern #borussia

France is through to the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup thanks to a 2-0 win over Morocco, and Michael Olise is once again the focus despite Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé being the goalscorers. Football icons Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović raved over Olise’s performance and likened him to former NFL quarterback Tom Brady:
Henry: I want to talk about the pass of Michael Olise. As soon as you get the ball, it’s over. We’re here in Foxborough… Tom Brady, that’s one of your loop passes in between.
Ibrahimović: He did amazing again. He was the point guard. The ‘Tom Brady of France’ today. When you have a player like Olise, don’t think. Just run and the ball will arrive – and it will arrive exactly where you want it.
– FOX Soccer as captured by X account iMiaSanMia
The 24-year-old Bayern Munich winger is the darling of the media for all the right reasons: his creativity and technique is on display for the world to see.

Pau Cubarsi continues to justify the growing excitement surrounding his development, with the Barcelona defender producing another composed display on the biggest stage of international football.
The 19-year-old played a leading role in Spain's dramatic 2-1 victory over Belgium in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, a performance that even caught the attention of former Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Spain looked set for extra time after first-half goals from Fabian Ruiz and Charles De Ketelaere left the contest finely balanced.
However, substitute Mikel Merino delivered the decisive moment in the 88th minute, firing Spain into the semi-finals and keeping their hopes of lifting the World Cup alive.
While Lamine Yamal received the official Player of the Match award, Ibrahimovic believed another Barcelona academy graduate deserved the spotlight after an outstanding defensive display.

Zlatan Ibrahimović has never been one to mince his words. So why start now? In the time since retiring from active football, the Swedish superstar has also made a name for himself as a TV pundit on 'Fox Sports', among other things. As usual, he has been firing off one-liners left and right. A number of World Cup nations also got a taste of his sharp tongue after being knocked out of the tournament. Among them was the German national team.
For his punchy remarks, he also occasionally resorted to stereotypes.
"The USA are out. So your American Dream is over. Next time, call it football, not soccer, okay?"
"Portugal? Close. But close isn't enough."
"Mexico? Enjoy your tacos. Amigos, adios."

The first day without World Cup football was tough, but the action is back today. France-Morocco kick off the tournament's quarterfinals.
That said, things are still happening off the pitch.
On Sunday you're playing a World Cup round-of-16 match at the Azteca, and on Wednesday you're collecting your diploma at graduation. Quite the emotional roller coaster Gilberto Mora has been through.
Watching your national team when you're 10,000 meters in the air. Not easy, but something a Wi-Fi connection can fix. Even more so when it was a match like Tuesday's Argentina-Egypt game. Just ask these passengers.
Some national teams are already back home after being knocked out of the World Cup. And now it's time to ***** s their performances. Zlatan has done it... in pure Zlatan style. It's priceless.

Switzerland have drawn Argentina as their next opponents in the World Cup quarterfinals, following their penalty shootout win against Colombia in the Round of 16, and head coach Murat Yakin feels this is a winnable match for them.
While acknowledging that facing Argentina is far from ideal, Yakin believes there are areas where they can hurt them, as the reigning World Cup champions struggled against Egypt and Cape Verde in their past two knockout games. If it weren't for Lionel Messi's heroics, La Albiceleste would've been eliminated already.
"We're playing against the world champion. There's nothing better than having this opportunity. But it's also been clear, over the last two matches, that Argentina is vulnerable," Yakin said during a recent press conference.
"I think we have earned our opponents' respect. Tactically, it's going to be an interesting match. We are capable of rattling the world champions. For a nation like Switzerland, playing a quarter-final against Argentina is a massive moment. So, expectations are huge. I think I'll still need a few hours, maybe even a day, to fully realize what is happening to us," he added.
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Cape Verde lost on Friday, but won the respect of just about every soccer fan on the planet.
Representing a country of around 530,000 in their first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance, Cape Verde took defending champion Argentina to their absolute limit. In a match that will be talked about for years, they matched Lionel Messi and his squad 1-1 in regulation and went toe-to-toe in extra time before Argentina finally found a way to eke out a 3-2 victory and move on. Not only did Cape Verde come incredibly close to pulling off one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history, but they proved to the world that they belong on the biggest stage.
Afterward, both Fox Sports soccer ******* ysts Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović, legends in their own right, praised the tiny nation’s team and offered a poetic appreciation of their heart, passion, and accomplishments after the team finished the tournament with three draws, including one against Spain, and no regulation losses.
“I can stand there and give applause to Cape Verde because it was all about Cape Verde,” said Ibrahimović. “Small island with big dreams. And they almost rocked a big giant. But these guys, they’re heroes. These are heroes.
“They became idols of that small island and they are stars. They didn’t lose any game during 90 minutes. Important to say. They almost made it in this game. I think the whole world didn’t believe it was possible.”

The U.S. Men's National Team is officially advancing to the Round of 16, but their historic 2-0 knockout stage victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday night was somewhat overshadowed by a significant officiating controversy. In the 64th minute, star USMNT forward Folarin Balogun was shown a straight red card following a lengthy VAR review for what appeared to be an unintentional, follow-through challenge on defender Tarik Muharemovic.
The controversial decision forces the USMNT's leading goalscorer to miss the highly anticipated round of 16 match against Belgium, sparking immediate outrage from fans and former players over the strict, VAR-driven protocols. Unsurprisingly, it was French football legend and Fox Soccer ******* yst Thierry Henry who delivered the ultimate defense of the American striker, completely dismantling the referee's decision with four words that should resonate for the USMNT fanbase.
The short of it? "Have some common sense."
Henry's comments came during the post-match breakdown alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Rebecca Lowe and directly addressed the controversial decision, as The Mirror detailed.
"You need to have some common sense," Henry said. "Where is the player supposed to put his foot there in that situation?"

An Iranian political scientist once accused by the feds of working as an unregistered influence agent for Tehran has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against FIFA, ******* ociation president Gianni Infantino, and an unknown number of anonymous FIFA officials after the nation's World Cup team was eliminated from competition by a controversial on-field call.
Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, who, among other things, served as an official adviser to Iran's nuclear negotiation team when talks were underway with former president Barack Obama, is petitioning for class-action status on behalf of up to 91 million "Iranian nationals and/or Iranian-Americans who supported the Iran football national team and who were emotionally scarred by the flagrant discrimination against their beloved team," according to a civil complaint filed June 30 in federal court.
In it, the 68-year-old Afrasiabi takes issue with FIFA's "double standard, hypocrisy and outright discrimination" against the Iranian squad, which was stripped of a game-winning goal last weekend against Egypt following a video review that determined the scoring player had been offside. As a result of the 1-1 tie, Egypt advanced to the tournament's knock-out stage for the first time ever, while Iran was sent home.
Afrasiabi's complaint contends there exists "[c]lear and incontrovertible" proof that FIFA's "VAR" system, or, Video ******* istant Referee, made an "erroneous" decision "deliberately designed to deprive Iran of victory" in the June 26 match. The move to invalidate the goal by centre-back Shoja Khalilzadeh was immediately "slammed by the Fox Sports commentator [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic as a 'theft' requiring FIFA's apology to Iran, in light of the clear evidence that an Egyptian defender was well behind the Iranian players," according to the complaint.
"In effect, Defendants' actions complained of herein convinced the Plaintiffs and others similarly situated that Iran was 'robbed' of victory and the chance for advancing to the knock-off stage of the World Cup, thus creating a traumatic experience of victimization on their part," the complaint states.

Former LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is certainly making a name for himself with the American audience during the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Ibrahimovic is part of the FOX Sports team ***** yzing the World Cup alongside Thierry Henry and former USMNT defender Alexi Lalas.
The 44-year-old is known for his confident personality and may well have come across the radar of American supporters during his season with the Galaxy between 2018 and 2019.
However, his punditry role on FOX is surely likely to be viewed by more people, and Ibrahimovic is certainly putting his own stamp on proceedings.
The former Sweden striker jokingly overtook hosting duties during the FOX show looking ahead to Portugal’s World Cup game against Colombia in Miami on Saturday night.

With his imposing physique and towering height of 1.93 metres, Jean-Philippe Mateta (28) is not the sort to go unnoticed on the pitch. A striker often labelled as 'old-school', which sets the tone in a modern game of football increasingly focused on excessive intensity. To make his mark, the Crystal Palace player has therefore had to adapt.
Which he has managed to do perfectly, revealing a far more well-rounded profile than the mere 'fixed point' that some people imagine players of his type to be. In an interview with L'Équipe, Mateta revealed how he worked to develop the mobility and pace that have now enabled him to become a leading Premier League striker, whilst brushing aside the preconceptions **** ociated with his physique.
"We have to adapt to what football has become. The first player I saw doing that was Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He's tall, agile, and he draws everyone in," explains the former Olympique Lyonnais player. "I also watch what (Victor) Wembanyama does in basketball because he's very tall (2.24 m). I do a lot of exercises to work on that agility, such as stretching, core training and yoga. It's also important for us to work on our backs."
It's been a long-term endeavour, but one that finally paid off for Mateta this summer when he was named among the 26-man squad selected by Didier Deschamps for the World Cup. The very definition of giving yourself the means to achieve your ambitions.
GFFN | Léo Aschi

Alexi Lalas has been accused of "unwatchable" World Cup 2026 punditry for Fox Sports by former USA teammate Eric Wynalda.
Lalas has former part of the primary team of ****** ysts for the American broadcaster, alongside Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, and anchored by Rebecca Lowe.
The chemistry between the trio of pundits has been criticised by many, with Henry and Ibrahimovic's apparent disdain towards their colleague.
While Lalas' views have also divided opinion, with the Guardian labelling his style as "trollish, hyperventilating garbage."
But ex-USMNT colleague Wynalda has now joined the negative reviews of Lalas, telling The Soccer Media Podcast: "I think it's been unwatchable at times.

Fox Sports has **** embled a motley crew for its coverage of the North American-hosted 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup this summer, with a top panel consisting of Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, and anchored by Rebecca Lowe.
Despite what has appeared to be clear disdain from Henry and Ibrahimović toward Lalas, Lowe has insisted that there is "a lot of respect" between the panelists. However, those insistences have done little to curb others from declaring open season on Lalas and his hot takes and half-baked **** ysis; from The Athletic's Andrew Marchand penning a column wishing Lalas hadnever learned English to The Guardian's Aaron Timms claiming that Lalas specialized in "trollish, hyperventilating garbage."
Now, one of Lalas's most heralded teammates on the USMNT, Eric Wynalda, has thrown his hat in the ring.
"I think it's been unwatchable at times," Wynalda told John Shrader during an appearance on The Soccer Media Podcast. "Yeah, I think, I mean, I think a lot of people feel that way. I mean, Alexi is, kind of true to the Fox brand, has been told: this is what we need you to do, start a fight, say some things, insult some people, say something outlandish that no one will believe, and we'll see how many people will click into that. I think the American public has grown up now. I think our community, our soccer community is way too knowledgeable to fall for that anymore."
Eric Wynalda has covered the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League, and the FA Cup for Fox, so if anyone has an inside track on what the network wants from its soccer **** ysts, it'd be him.

Belgium and Iran played to a 0-0 draw in group stage action of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, and Fox Sports soccer ***** yst Zlatan Ibrahimović was very honest about how bored the match left him.
To open the FS1 postgame show, Fox Sports host Rebecca Lowe asked Ibrahimović for his thoughts on the match.
“First half, I almost fell asleep,” Ibrahimović said. “Second half, I fell asleep. This game, nothing. Not a lot to talk about. Another draw. So, let’s see what happens in the upcoming game. But, yeah. I’ll let my colleagues (analyze the match).”
Ibrahimović, a Swedish former soccer star, vowed to wake up American audiences in his role as a World Cup studio ***** yst when Fox hired him, but it seems that even he can struggle to stay awake for the entirety of World Cup coverage.
On the same postgame show, Ibrahimović told Lowe, “I don’t have followers. I have believers.”

We all know someone like Alexi Lalas. He’s the ranter whose rants never actually say anything, the life of the party at the party no one enjoys attending, the “big personality” who’s always misjudging the size of the room. He’s corporate America’s idea of a fun guy, the type of workplace “character” whose business trip hangover never stops him from being first at the hotel breakfast buffet, hair wet, Untuckit shirt untucked. He would absolutely dominate karaoke night at a conference on infrastructure finance. If only this were the limit of Alexi Lalas’s actual impact on the world, our culture would live in blessed ignorance of his existence. But in the real world Alexi Lalas is not a small-time menace working the floor at an infrastructure conference. In the real world Alexi Lalas is American soccer’s brightest media star, and he is everywhere this World Cup.
When Lalas’s Roger Ramjet jaw thrust into frame on Fox Sports at the start of this tournament, it’s fair to ****** ume that many viewers felt a sense of dread similar to that expressed in the Grand Theft Auto meme: “Ah ****** , here we go again.” Lalas’s ubiquitousness every World Cup is American TV’s answer to the Iran War: no one wants it, everyone hates it, and as it drags on, it inevitably becomes a face-saving exercise in damage limitation. But there was also a glimmer of hope: for this tournament Fox has enlisted a pair of elite European strikers, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, to terrorize Lalas and shake proceedings up. Steered by Rebecca Lowe, this new-look panel has promised a slightly more sophisticated approach to covering the tournament than the yahooing belligerence that has been Fox’s stock-in-trade at the last two World Cups.
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Zlatan is a dud, the late-career Samir Nasri of pundits – all minimal effort and visible exhaustion. But Henry is magnificent, which is no real surprise for those of us who follow his work through the Champions League season on CBS. And he has already begun to work his blood-twisting magic on the Maga hack at the far-right end of the panel. Brazil-Morocco, Netherlands-Japan, and France-Senegal have all had their admirers, but for sheer drama and eviscerating beauty they have not come close to matching Fox’s on-set ****** le fight. The French aristocrat vs the all-American idiot: Henry-Lalas is the real battle of this World Cup.
Henry’s now-viral humiliation of Lalas in the studio kickaround segment the other day – passing the ball with one foot then dragging it away with the other, leaving the defender with 96 caps for the US men’s national team to dance with thin air – was absolutely filthy, and in the arena of on-set debate the action has been no less processional. This has been less a battle than a slow-motion scalping, and the good news is it still has weeks left to run.

Alexi Lalas has never met a hill he didn’t want to die on, and this week’s hill is, of all things, vocabulary.
A fan pushed back on the Fox Sports studio ***** yst for repeatedly saying “soccer” instead of “football,” arguing that even American players make the switch in overseas interviews as a basic show of respect for the global game, but Lalas was unmoved.
“Yeah…that’s not gonna happen,” he wrote. “I call it soccer. I own it proudly. I never apologize for it. If you grew up calling it soccer and changed out of insecurity or some misguided belief it makes you more authentic/credible…it doesn’t. It’s cringe. It makes you look like a weak poser.”
It’s worth noting that this is the same Alexi Lalas who called James Corden a “full kit ***** ” on live national television earlier this tournament, leaving Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and Rebecca Lowe visibly stunned at the desk. There is apparently some British words he is perfectly comfortable deploying on American TV for an American audience, but “football” is not one of them.
His colleagues on that desk — Lowe from NBC’s Premier League coverage, Henry from CBS’s Champions League coverage — have spent their careers speaking to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and presumably say “football” without anyone accusing them of being posers for it, or questioning their authenticity. And Zlatan, who spent his career playing in England, Spain, France, and Italy, before coming over to the States to play for the LA Galaxy, probably says it too.

Could the United States really win the World Cup?
After two opening victories, by an aggregate 6-1 scoreline, that is the wildly optimistic question being posed to many US television pundits, including Fox's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who answered a simple "Yes."
While aware they are still vast underdogs against traditional powerhouses like Spain, France and Argentina, the US players were not exactly afraid to stoke those hugely ambitious dreams either, after beating Australia 2-0 Friday.
"I think we came here to compete, and to compete, you have to win every game," US star midfielder Malik Tillman told AFP in Seattle after the win.
"In the end, if you want to win the tournament, same again, you have to win every game. I think that's also our goal for the next one."

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The Fox Sports broadcast has given fans a variety of scenes. On one side are viewers eager to hear what legendary forward Zlatan Ibrahimović has to say in his **** yst debut, while the other seems to be cringing at whatever Alexi Lalas adds.
Along with playing opposing positions during their playing careers, the two have appeared to clash more than viewers are comfortable with. Some find the exchanges humorous, while others are confused by what they’re watching.
Some World Cup broadcast regulars think Ibrahimović has had just about enough of Lalas’ antics and is not hiding his displeasure with the American.
Here’s why many World Cup viewers think the Swede has a strong dislike for the former USMNT player.

Take it from Rebecca Lowe, the anchor of Fox Sports’ top panel for this year’s World Cup: The trio of Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović is not nearly as toxic as it seems on air.
While Lowe acknowledged in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show on Friday that Fox ****** embled an “unusual” mix of personalities for the studio this summer, she insisted there is “a lot of respect” between colleagues, and they are all locked in on covering the North American-hosted World Cup the way it deserves.
“It’s so fun. I mean, it’s an unusual panel, let’s call it what it is,” she said. “But in a good way. I’m not sure anyone (could have) dreamt that up, but I’m so glad they did. I’ve gotta be honest, I’m so glad they did. I am having the time of my life with these guys. They’re all so different, but they’re all so good in different ways, and the four of us are having a blast.”
In several instances already this World Cup, the panelists have ****** ed heads over their takes, and on a more personal level. Mostly, tensions have risen when Ibrahimović has tried to dunk on Lalas, who was a lesser player yet pushes more aggressive opinions. But earlier this week, both Ibrahimović and Henry were aligned against the American commentators, Lalas and game ****** yst Landon Donovan, who ripped France’s national team for a lackadaisical first half in its opener.
On with Patrick, Lowe referenced viewers who “think they know” what’s going on among the panel, correcting the record on behalf of her cohosts.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic had the final word in a heated debate after Alexi Lalas reignited questions over whether France had been arrogant during their World Cup opener against Senegal.
The topic first surfaced at half-time when Landon Donovan criticised France’s first-half approach, calling them “arrogant” and “casual” after a goalless opening 45 minutes.
Thierry Henry pushed back during the broadcast, but the debate continued after France eventually won 3-1 thanks to a much-improved second-half display.
Following France’s 3-1 win, Fox Sports ****** yst Alexi Lalas brought the topic back into focus.
“We had that nice little fun back and forth between Landon and Thierry about whether the French were arrogant in the first half,” Lalas said.

It is set to be a crucial few days for Milan, who remain in talks with several candidates over their vacant head coach, sporting and technical director roles, but owner Gerry Cardinale and advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic were all smiles as they attended the ‘UFC Freedom 250’ event on the White House lawn over the weekend.
Milan need to appoint a brand new senior management team after dismissing head coach Massimiliano Allegri, sporting director Igli Tare, technical director Geoffrey Moncada and CEO Giorgio Furlani the day after the 2025-26 season ended.
Several candidates have been linked with various management positions at San Siro, but midway through June, no appointments have yet been made.
Milan had been in talks with Ralf Rangnick to take over as the club’s technical director, and it was reported that if the German did take over, he would seek to appoint departing Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner to replace Allegri.
Rangnick, however, wanted full control over decision making and wanted to bring in his own staff across the club. Importantly, Rangnick also wanted his deal with Milan to be wrapped up before the start of the 2026 World Cup, which did not happen, and now, the former Red Bull and Manchester United chief has extended his contract with the Austria national team instead.

A set of quotes purportedly from Jürgen Klopp, eviscerating the World Cup’s commercialized hydration breaks, deluged social media on Friday and were picked up and aggregated by several outlets.
There’s one problem: the former Liverpool manager never said any of it.
The invented remarks portray him delivering a withering indictment of FIFA’s decision to let broadcasters monetize the tournament’s mandatory three-minute breaks, calling football “held hostage by executives ensconced in air-conditioned offices,” dismissing the interruptions as “a golden cage built for sponsors,” and warning that the sport risks degenerating into “background music for an advertising show.”
The quotes were attributed to an appearance on the German broadcaster ZDF, but Klopp has spent the tournament working with Magenta, the German telecommunications company that secured domestic streaming rights to the World Cup, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand previously reported that Fox pursued several high-profile names for its World Cup studio before landing on Zlatan Ibrahimović, among them David Beckham and Klopp himself, with Klopp at various points appearing close to accepting before ultimately choosing Magenta instead.
So Klopp is working as a broadcaster at this tournament, just not the one the quotes were attributed to, and not for the network at the center of the controversy.