David Wagner was head coach of Borussia Dortmund II under Jurgen Klopp

David Wagner has pledged to bring the same football philosophy he shares with Jurgen Klopp to Huddersfield.

Wagner, who was head coach of Borussia Dortmund II during Klopp's famous tenure at the Bundesliga club, succeeded the sacked Chris Powell as Huddersfield boss last week.

Wagner was reported by English newspapers to be in contention to take over Klopp's youth team at Liverpool, but he has instead opted for a first senior managerial role himself.

And he told Sky Sports News HQ: "Jurgen and I share the same philosophy. We have known each other for 25 years and we spoke about football for maybe 20,000 hours in this time.

"The style of game we love is exactly the same. We love the speed and passion; the full throttle way. There are some parts like game pressing and transition game that is similar.

"We try to bring this style to each level. I tried to do it with my team in Dortmund, and so did Jurgen, and he also did it in Mainz. Now it's time to bring it to Huddersfield.

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"I am happy and proud to be part of this restart and it's time to look forward to the future with Huddersfield."

Wagner watched from the stands as his new side were beaten 3-0 at home by Yorkshire rivals Leeds at the weekend but he feels he saw enough to give him optimism that he can turn their season around.

"I saw a lot of good things, and potential in the team. I saw young players and a good mentality, but I think the result did not show how Huddersfield played on this day," Wagner said.

"Now we go to Spain for five days and it's a good opportunity for us to get in touch with the group, and get to know each other better. We have some injuries but we can use this time to prepare for our first away game against Sheffield Wednesday."