Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. The German strategist is known for both his on-field management skills and his off-field antics.
Now in a recent interview, Klopp has revealed some fascinating aspects of his life. During the interview, he went on to say that he, in fact, learnt English by watching popular American sitcom FRIENDS. He also said that the conversation in the programme made it easier for him to grasp the language.
“[It was] watching Friends because it’s easy to understand,” Klopp said as quoted by the website Goal.
“‘You try to watch movies because that’s next, because in movies they speak dialect, stuff like that, and it’s not really well pronounced.
“Trash talk and all this stuff and you have to follow.
“The easiest to follow for Germans in English is Friends. It’s an easy conversation. You can understand pretty much each word pretty early, so that’s why we use that.”
In the interaction, he also stated that he preferred the female trio in the series than the male ones and he identified with a character called ‘Joey’ to a certain extent.
“No, no, no, no. I like the girls more than the boys, but I cannot play a girl,” he said.
“Joey? Yeah… Unfortunately, I’m a bit smarter than the Joey role but my talk with the girls was never as good as his.
“‘How you doing?’ It was obviously not that easy in my life!”
Klopp will lead Liverpool in another season of the Premier League. The Reds play Norwich City in their Premier League season opener on 10 August 2019 (IST).