Felix saved the game, turned off the console, and never played PES 2017 again.
3–3.
The screen flickered. The scoreboard vanished. The ball turned into a neon cube. And Jürgen Klopp—the pixelated manager—walked onto the pitch. Not as a coach. As a player. He was rated 40 overall. He had no stamina. But he was there .
The match was a slideshow of errors. Barcelona’s Messi glitched through defenders. Teideberg’s keeper saved a shot with his face. The ref awarded a penalty for a foul that happened two passes earlier. PES 2017 NEW JURGEN KLOPP MANAGER 2021
Felix leaned forward. The commentary (in that classic stiff PES 2017 style) said: "The manager… he seems familiar. Like a memory."
So he did the unthinkable. He used a fan-made option file to overwrite the generic "PES Master League" managers. He injected a new face: a high-res, slightly-off scan of Jürgen Klopp, complete with his 2021 glasses, weathered smile, and zip-up grey hoodie. Then, he placed him not at Liverpool, but at the lowest-ranked club in the game's fake league: Teideberg United —a team with a budget of €2 million, a stadium that held 5,000, and a star player whose nickname was "Toaster" because he warmed the bench so well.
Klopp’s pre-match speech (another text box): "They have stars. We have chaos. Press until the code breaks." Felix saved the game, turned off the console,
A special cutscene triggered: "Klopp Faces His Ghost."
Goal.
Felix reached the League Final. The opponent: Barcelona Legends 2026 —a team he’d built in a previous save that had leaked into this one due to a corrupted memory card. They had prime Messi (still 92 overall), a 19-year-old regen of Zlatan, and an unbeaten record. The scoreboard vanished
The first news headline in Master League read: "Klopp Returns! But… Where?"
Teideberg’s first match was against a mid-table side, FC Cerchio Nero . The AI, programmed for slow, possession-based 2017 meta, had no answer for Klopp’s 2021 system. His players, rated 65 overall, ran like madmen. They didn’t have skill—they had intent .