Huddersfield's new head coach David Wagner will quickly stamp his German influence on the West Yorkshire club and said his side will play "full-throttle" football the Borussia Dortmund way.
Former Dortmund reserve team coach Wagner, 44, was installed on Thursday as Huddersfield's fifth manager since chairman Dean Hoyle took control in 2009, and the new boss said on Monday his players must be super-fit and play with passion and speed.
"We'd like to bring some German influence to English culture," Wagner said at his unveiling at the club's Canalside training headquarters.
"Everybody knows where we are from. We are from Dortmund and everybody knows what kind of football we play there and this is exactly what we would like to bring to Huddersfield."
But Wagner, who won the UEFA Cup with Schalke as a player, refused to discuss whether he had been approached by Liverpool to link up with Jurgen Klopp, who he worked with at Dortmund.
"I think it's not the day to speak about Liverpool. We'd like to speak about Huddersfield and our vision and our ideas and our plan," he said.
"So what I can say is, everybody knows I have a good relationship with Jurgen. He's a very good friend of mine.
"I wish him all the best for his work and I know that he wishes us all the best for our work here. We have a restart here at Huddersfield."
When pressed if he had been approached by Liverpool, Wagner added: "We don't discuss about this.
"I think we have very good ideas, similar ideas and of course when he went to Liverpool we spoke about his staff and everything like this, but at that moment I was under contract at Dortmund, so this was not the plan for me."
Wagner, who has a German mother and American father and played eight times for the United States as a player, said his footballing philosophy is no secret.
"I'm sure you saw some games from Borussia Dortmund in the last four years, especially in the first two years," he said.
"Their game was very good and this is what I like to do. I prefer passion in the game, I like speed. I like my teams to score goals.
"Everybody knows the 'full-throttle' football that we try to create. This is what I like to do.
"But you have to work hard to do this, to do this you need a lot of fitness and I know this is possible on each (league) level.
"We did it in the second team at Dortmund and we did it in the first team at Dortmund.
"It depends on the players you have, but in the end it is possible to create this style."
Huddersfield sacked former manager Chris Powell last week following the 2-2 Sky Bet Championship draw at Reading.
Saturday's 3-0 home derby defeat to Leeds was their seventh of the season and left them two points above the relegation zone in 19th place.
Wagner will take charge of his first game at Sheffield Wednesday after the international break.
Source: PA
