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BVB coach Jürgen Klopp was met by... Jürgen Klopp... upon his departure for France ahead of their UEFA Champions League tie with Olympique Marseille
BVB coach Jürgen Klopp was met by... Jürgen Klopp... upon his departure for France ahead of their UEFA Champions League tie with Olympique Marseille

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Munich - Off the Ball, bundesliga.com’s daily weekday feature, casts an eye over the weird, wonderful and sometimes controversial tales to have emerged from Germany's top flight in recent days.

Today, Jürgen Klopp meets his Doppelgänger, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Gonzalo Castro prepares to meet his namesake, and we celebrate the birthday of one of Borussia Dortmund's injured stars.

Borussia Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp may not have been in the best of moods over the weekend - his swashbuckling side not only lost at home to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, they

suffered injuries

to key players too. Yet there was no trace of anguish as BVB departed for southern France ahead of their Champions League tie against Marseille on Wednesday. The 46-year-old was met with a look-alike upon leaving the airport - much to his delight:

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