Jürgen Klopp

So it was not my project.

It didn't feel like my... It was the wrong time, but on top of that, it was not my project.

I didn't want to bring back, I don't know, Pogba.

Paul is a sensational player.

My God, but these things don't work usually.

But these kind of things, or Cristiano.

My God, we all know that he's the best player, together with Messi, the best player in the world.

But bringing him back never helps.

In that time, in 2013, it was obviously not about Cristiano, maybe about Paul, I'm not even sure, we don't get the numbers together, but it was just the idea is we bring the best players together and then let's go.

It wasn't about the football?

No, not at all.

And I sat there and was like, no, that's not for me.

And then the pure, pure football project...

comes up with Liverpool.

And the sensational talk to Mike Gordon, that's really important as well.

He's the owner.

I know John and Tom, of course, as well, but Mike was responsible for us.

I wanted, after that talk, I wanted to be his friend.

He's such a good guy.

So that's how it started.