Jurgen Klopp reveals why he refuses to touch the ‘This Is Anfield’ sign

Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he refuses to touch the This Is Anfield sign above the player tunnel.

During a tour of the stadium with Major League Baseball player Francisco Lindor, who is also a New Balance ambassador, Klopp paused by the famous sign and revealed that he doesn’t touch it before a game, as many players and managers have done over the years.

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“I touched it [the sign] when I was manager of Borussia Dortmund but we lost 5-0,” said Klopp.

“I will start touching it when Liverpool have won something.

“This is a really big club and the history is a mountain.”

The German also revealed that one of his favourite places in the stadium is the dining suite.

“I always take 15 or 20 minutes sitting here after the game,” he explained to the Cleveland Indians shortstop.

“Three or four chefs here cooking food, perfect meat, perfect fish. Everything you’d want after a game.

“The players eat pasta as well. We all sit around, it’s a real social place.”

Klopp rounded off his tour of Anfield by taking Lindor pitch-side, where he directed him to look at the Kop.

“That’s the most famous stand in the world: The Kop,” he said. “Fans stand, they are very traditional. They have songs for different players.

“I will stand there when I retire.

“I always wanted to stand one time at Dortmund in the Yellow Wall and so far it has never happened because I was too short of time. But I would do exactly the same here.”

The promotional clip was filmed before Sunday’s Merseyside Derby.

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