Jürgen Klopp's wife Ulla has developed a reputation as a generous and avid LFC supporter
since arriving in Liverpool seven 🌈 years ago.
The 48-year-old German "might even love
Liverpool more than Jürgen", The Sunday Times reported, and this love is a 🌈 big factor
in why the manager extended his contract with Liverpool FC until 2026. In a Twitter
video, Jürgen said: 🌈 "Ulla wants to stay. As a good husband, what are you going to do
when your wife wants to stay? 🌈 You stay. That's not the only reason, but it's one of the
reasons."
Often seen supporting her husband's team from the 🌈 stands, Ulla was once even
spotted on top of a bin cheering on LFC's open-top bus during a victory parade 🌈 past
750,000 fans in Liverpool after the Reds won the European Cup for a sixth time in 2024.
Her love 🌈 for the team is reciprocated by fans who chant: "I'm so glad Ulla loves
Scouse, I'm so glad she's not 🌈 moving house."
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But who is Ulla Sandrock?
🌈 She's a social worker and teacher who worked at a German school in Nairobi, Kenya, for
three years before meeting 🌈 Jürgen when she was waitressing at his favourite bar in the
western German city of Mainz. She reportedly didn't recognise 🌈 the man who became famous
as a footballer before leading Mainz into the Bundesliga, the top of the German
football 🌈 system. Dubbed the 'First Lady of the Bundesliga', Ulla, who like Jürgen has a
son from a previous marriage, tied 🌈 the knot with the football manager in December
2005.
Ulla went on to write two children's books in 2008 and 2010, 🌈 the first of which -
Tom and the Magic Football - is about an 11-year-old boy who finds a magic 🌈 football
that turns him into an amazing footballer. She released a sequel, set in Africa, in
2010. Jürgen described it 🌈 as, "like Harry Potter but about football. There's no flying
on his f****** stick".
When Jürgen joined Liverpool FC as manager 🌈 in 2024, with the
challenge of returning the 18-time champions of England to the top of the game after a
🌈 spell of underperforming, Ulla came with him. On their first night, the couple made the
short walk from the Hope 🌈 Street Hotel to the Old Blind School bar on Hardman Street
where well-wishers asked for photos.
Kirsty Lucas said: "We saw 🌈 [Jürgen] and his wife
across the bar and sent some drinks over to them. We got talking to them and
🌈 congratulated him on the appointment. He bought us a round of drinks as a thank you and
his wife got 🌈 a picture of us all together.
"He was so welcoming and friendly and was
cracking loads of jokes with us. He 🌈 found I was an Everton fan and told me I had to
leave! They were both lovely and just really 🌈 down to earth people, but we didn't sit
with them for too long because loads more people had spotted it 🌈 was Jürgen."
The Klopps
moved into a Formby mansion formerly lived in by Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard and
have since 🌈 become popular figures in the village. Occasionally spotted in local pubs
and restaurants, Ulla takes long walks on the beach 🌈 with their dog Emma, who she once
saved from swallowing a stinging jellyfish while holidaying in Germany by pulling it
🌈 from the dog's throat. Ulla is also admired for her generosity, garnering praise for
her "amazing" act of kindness when 🌈 she gave £1,000 worth of £50 vouchers to staff
working in Waitrose, Formby as a 'thank you' for working on 🌈 the frontline during the
pandemic.
One person said: "This was an incredible thing to do. Typically, Ulla didn't
want to make 🌈 a fuss, or receive any recognition, and just wanted people working in
shops to get the recognition they deserve."
