Phil Thompson: Energetic Jurgen Klopp a perfect fit for Liverpool

I’m talking to Phil Thompson about how Jurgen Klopp seems like a perfect fit for Liverpool when, unthinkingly, I use the phrase ‘the people’s club’.

Anfield legend Thommo stops me in my tracks. “Well, we can’t say that, can we, because it’s a club close to Anfield who use that phrase.”

As you might expect from a man who was a no-nonsense defender, it’s a well-timed and, indeed, timely intervention, since Liverpool will, of course, see that very slogan emblazoned on the opposition stadium when they make the very short journey to Everton’s Goodison Park tonight for the Merseyside derby.