Jürgen Klinsmann

like the BBC's of the world.

And every Sunday late afternoon they showed the highlights of the key game in England and we were glued to the TV.

So I was a fanatical Kevin Keegan fan.

And then he came even to Hamburg and he became a European Football of the Year during his days in Hamburg winning the Champions League in those days.

What was your first impressions of England and the Premier League when you came?

Well, what for me was...

incredible to experience was the dynamic of the game in England.

But we saw that as kids.

You know, it was... I mean, it was meant sometimes negatively in other countries as a kick and rush, right?

But I always looked at it positively because...

It means to me, I want to score as fast as I can.

Kick the ball up front and figure out a way to get it in the box and then figure out a way to put it in the net.

And for me, that was pure joy as a forward, as a striker.

And so I was always amazed by the energy that came across on television with the fans.

You see the kids in the first round.

row there screaming and you know just the dynamic of the game was so highly dynamic and then obviously the great Liverpool side in the 70s then became famous absolutely famous there were so many German kids were Liverpool fans it was incredible it was incredible and and for me English football was always about energy there's so much energy there yeah when I came then and experienced it myself

I mean, for me, that first Spurs season, before I left them for Bayern Munich, a bit of a similar move to Harry Kane.

I needed to leave because I ran out of time to win something.

But for me, that energy was... I sucked it all up.

I had no plan.