Mischievous Jurgen Klopp can be the perfect fit at Anfield

One of the many charms of Jurgen Klopp is that unlike the person he could be succeeding at Anfield, he has the capacity to prompt people to chuckle with him rather than at him.

Back when Mats Hummels was out injured for a spell at Dortmund, the ever-quotable Klopp quipped, “We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail.” Some of Klopp’s utterings last month, though, had more in mind someone with a wandering eye.

Commenting on the nature and duration of his sabbatical, Klopp said: “I’m really very relaxed — but only because I know it goes some time. I’ll go back to train a team... It doesn’t have to be an absolute top club. There are good projects that are exciting, [teams] who need help.”