Bottas reveals stunning plan to swap sports

JURGEN KLOPP’S “intimidating” pre-match stare down has finally been explained.

The Liverpool boss (56) can often be seen standing on the halfway line observing the Reds' opponents warming up.

Everton star James Tarkowski, 31, has admitted that Klopp's watching act affects him ahead of games against his side.

Asked on the FozCast if he's aware he's being observed, the defender said: “Always, because I always warm up right near the halfway line.

“I like to be that end of the warm ups so I'm always quite high and can see (Klopp) gleaming at me from the side.

“I'm thinking ‘I better make sure this pass is right', or he's going to walk into the dressing room and say ‘that Tarkowski's having one in the warm-up, go and play on him'.

“I'm making sure every pass is crisp and I'm not giving it away. And If I give one away I'm thinking ‘ he's going to go in and tell those lads that I'm having one in the warm up there.”

Presenter Ben Foster admitted to feeling the same way as Tarkowski when facing Klopp's Liverpool during his career.

Foster, 40, recently met up with the German and asked him if he's aware that his pre-match routine “intimidates the opposition”.

Quoting Klopp's response, Foster revealed that he said: “No, I didn't know that. I don't do it for that.

VALTTERI BOTTAS has revealed his stunning plans to swap sports when his F1 career is over.

The 34-year-old is in the autumn of his F1 career and already planning for life after motor racing.

And he has revealed on the Bobby and Jens podcast that he plans to take gravel cycling “seriously” when he retires.

Gravel cycling is a branch of cycling that sees competitors riding a drop-bar bike on unpaved roads and trails, fitting somewhere between road cycling and mountain biking.

He has already competed in two gravel racing events at the Belgian Waffle Race and SBT GRVL at Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

He finished on the podium for his age range both times, with both races considered world class events.

Bottas has fallen so in love with the sport that he has created his own gravel racing event, which his team, Alfa Romeo, sponsored.

The event is held in his home region of Laht in Finland.

He has also revealed his plan to qualify for the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships.

He told the podcast:“Obviously, Formula One is the priority for me. — Online