Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that he owes his career in part to his father Norbert as well and regrets that he was unable to experience his successes and his “real career” on benches like the 'red' or Borussia Dortmund.
“He was very supportive throughout my entire career. There was harsh criticism, but unfortunately he did not live to see my coaching career,” Klopp said in an interview published this Thursday by the British newspaper 'The Sun'. “He couldn't see my true career as a coach. He died four months before I became one. “he added.
The coach confessed that he misses his father. “It is still difficult at times. What is really rare is that I am 53 years old, and when I look at myself in the mirror at a certain angle, I look like my father,” he revealed. “All my life I've been like my mother. Suddenly something changed, it's really funny,” he said.