Klopp looks back at his 'normal one' start at Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp reflects on the difficulties he faced involving staff members when he took the Liverpool job

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00:00In this press conference, I wasn't prepared for what I was going to say,

00:07but my English was half-understandable.

00:09That was my preparation for the press conference.

00:11I only had five days.

00:12I said, I'm the normal one.

00:15I'm a totally normal guy.

00:17I'm the normal one, maybe, if you want this.

00:21Yes.

00:23It's a huge,

00:25usually sold-out shirt,

00:28I've never shot such a nonsense out of my hip.

00:31But still, in principle, it makes sense.

00:34I'm actually a completely normal guy.

00:36You have to notice that all the employees around me

00:39are running around like on toes

00:41and waiting until I've made my decision

00:43whether they can stay there or not.

00:45And I thought, wow, he's crazy.

00:47So I got everyone together and said,

00:49wait a minute, wait a minute,

00:50no one's going to be left out.

00:51Everyone stays.

00:52We'll get it.

00:53Maybe it wasn't that bad before.

00:54And everything that didn't go well,

00:56we can improve somehow, probably.

00:58We'll find out over time.

01:00And that's exactly how I handled it.

01:02So that means I'm very, very open,

01:04even though I know that the whole thing

01:06will probably end at some point.