Mats Hummels tips Klopp for Liverpool glory

“He unleashed a lot of emotion in Dortmund supporters and he can do the same for Liverpool”. “I’m driving home now”, said Klopp, who has been on sabbatical since quitting Dortmund at the end of last season.

Klopp has established a reputation for improving players during his 14-year managerial career at Mainz and Dortmund.

Liverpool will want to undertake all the behind the scenes media work with Klopp before their announcement, official photographs and first interviews, while there may still be formal details to iron out.

“There is no doubt about it, he is a fantastic coach, he’s absolutely great”, said the centre-back, speaking in Dublin ahead of Germany’s Euro 2016 qualifier with the Republic of Ireland. “You thought, ‘What is he going to do post-Dortmund?’, then clubs like Liverpool certainly came into the frame.

He eats, lives, breathes and thinks football and is a fantastic addition to any team”. They were what Dietmar Hamann dubs Liverpool as a “working class” and had someone as a manager, who they could identify with and not think of him as someone who belongs to a higher class than him.

“No, no, I’m not interested in what players do when they leave Liverpool, I want him to bring the best out of players, and he did that at Dortmund and I’m pretty sure he will do it at Liverpool”. “After giving someone so much to spend and not giving them the time to see if it comes to fruition”.

He led Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final and the style of breathless pressing football that he inculcated seems custom-made for the blood and thunder of the English Premier League. You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here.

“If you knock on the door several times it will open”.

The Scot also believes Klopp will generate a “feel good factor” around Anfield, that his personality will prove “infectious” and he will help Liverpool players “run that extra yard” with the Reds set to unveil the 48-year-old as their new boss tomorrow.

Klopp was instrumental in propelling Die Borussen to where it is now when he handled the team from 2008 up to April this year.