Iconic Jurgen Klopp quotes
A week on from his departure from Liverpool, we take a look back at some of Klopp's best quotes
Jurgen Klopp was not only great on the pitch, he was also box office off it.
Anyone who witnessed him managing Liverpool will know the last nine years have been about so much more than results, and you can hear more about what the former reds boss means to fans in our new series "Goodbye Jurgen".
To mark a week since his departure from Liverpool, we're looking back at some of his classic quotes during his time at Anfield.
October 2015, Klopp's first press conference:
"Does anyone in this room think that I can do wonders? No. I'm a totally normal guy from the Black Forest. My mother is very proud. I am the normal one."
"When I sit here in four years I'm pretty sure we will have won a title."
"You have to change from a doubter to a believer."
In the dressing room before the famous 4-0 Champions League comeback against Barcelona in May 2019:
"I told the boys before it was impossible, but because it's you boys, we have a chance."
After completing the Barcelona comeback, May 2019:
"If you go out there and ask who bet a penny on us, I don't think you'll find a lot of people."
Ahead of the start of the new season facing the challenge of Manchester City, August 2018:
"We are still Rocky Balboa, not Ivan Drago. It's not about being the underdog, not one little bit. I don't want to be the underdog. I want to win, and Rocky won."
After Virgil van Dijk's season was ended by an ACL injury in the Merseyside derby, October 2022:
"We will wait for him like a good wife waits for her husband to leave prison."
May 2018:
"If you had Wikipedia or Google and put in 'European nights' the answer must be: Anfield."
Talking about his then Manchester United rival Jose Mourinho, July 2018:
"One of my biggest goals in life is to make Jose smile - it doesn't happen very often"
Before the home game against Manchester City in November 2019, a match Liverpool would go on to win 3-1:
"Even the guys selling hot dogs (at Anfield) need to be in top shape for Sunday."
Jurgen Klopp's last dressing room speech at Liverpool, May 2024:
"I just want to say, I love you"
Speaking about Georginio Wijnaldum's impending departure, May 2021:
"If goodbye is not tough then your time together is not worth it."
Before a press conference in 2022:
Klopp: "Why can everybody say the word but if I say it, then it's not okay?"
Press Officer: "Which word?"
Klopp: "Brain-f***!"
Press Officer: "No, brain-fog!"
Klopp: "Ah, okay.. sounds in my head exactly the same to be honest!"
On England Under-19s treatment of Jordan Rossiter after he returned from international duty with a hamstring injury after three 90-minute performances in six days, October 2015:
"These young players are our future. If we handle them like horses we get horses."