DURING OUR GAMES I’M EMOTIONAL BUT OUTSIDE I’M JUST A VERY NORMAL GUY

FOWLER: For me you’re the same person, inside and outside football. I get the impression a lot of managers are false, but for me, you are what you are. KLOPP: That is 100 per cent true with me. I don’t think other managers are different. I know a lot and most of them are really nice as fellas. But one skill I have – and there are not many – is I’m really not interested in the public perception of me. I can’t be best friend of everybody. So during a game I’m very emotional, that’s how it is. Less than I was because even I get more mature. But I am still emotional. Outside the game though, I really am normal. I know it’s a famous saying now, but I’m really normal. Completely normal life. In a bigger house yes, and I have more money than other people – but I don’t need it. I don’t use it because I don’t have time to spend it. FOWLER: You can always give it to us. KLOPP: I know, a lot of people will say that. But it’s not that I think how can I spend the money, I do what I love, I really do what I love and that’s the biggest thing I could ever control. FOWLER: The history of the club, and the philosophy of managers like Bill Shankly – who always believed in a kind of football socialism – seems to fit perfectly with your beliefs? KLOPP: I never wanted to be them. It is not possible. The times have really changed. The good thing is, because of them, the job of the manager of Liverpool is really different, in a good way. You really think they put you on a pedestal and it takes a while before they take you off again – and that gives you time, which is very important. But I never think about being seen like Shankly. It is really not about me. I have no clue where all my medals are. I love being around a team which is going to be part of a Champions League final, and for me that is unbelievable.