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TAKING PEP TALKS TO THE TYKES

BIG INTERVIEW: MARKUS SCHOPP
By Chris Dunlavy

THANKS: New Barnsley boss Markus Schopp applauds the fans at the end of the opening day draw at Cardiff and, Inset, Dominik Frieser celebrates scoring the Tykes’ winner against Coventry last weekend
PICTURE: Alamy

MARKUS SCHOPP FACTFILE
Born: Graz, Austria, 1974 (Age 47) A RANGY, box-to-box midfielder, Schopp came through the youth system at Sturm Graz and made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga in 1991.
After 93 appearances for Sturm, he joined German side Hamburg in 1996. Schopp impressed to such an extent that Germany manag...

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