Jürgen Klopp

“They're like the Chinese in business: they see what other people are doing and copy it - just with more money”

“We have a bow and arrow and if we aim well, we can hit the target. The problem is that Bayern has a bazooka.”

“I think it was my first red card as a manager, I went to the assistant referee and I said: ‘How many wrong decisions are allowed? Because if it’s 15 we have one left.’”

“Sending players off on international duty feels like seeing daughter off on first date, even if it is a good guy, you are slightly concernedJurgen Klopp: Sending players off on international duty feels like seeing daughter off on first date”

“For me, football is the only thing more inspiring than the cinema. You wake up in the morning, and the magic was all real.”

“That’s the problem these days, whatever bullshit you say nobody will forget it.Trust, patience and hard work: how Jürgen Klopp transformed Liverpool, The Guardian, 26 June 2020”

“It is not my sport. I don’t like winning with 80% [possession]. Sorry that is not enough for me. Fighting football, not serenity football, that is what I like. What we call in German ‘English’ — rainy day, heavy pitch, 5-5, everybody is dirty in the face and goes home and cannot play for weeks after.”

“How do you explain to a blind person what colour is?”

“Mkhitaryan fits us like an arse on a bucket. What he offers is exactly what we need.”

“We're facing the greatest challenge there is in football: to play against an Italian team that only needs a draw.”

“He likes having the ball, playing football, passes. It's like an orchestra. But it's a silent song. I like heavy metal.”