It is the eve of the FA Cup final, and a supremely relaxed Jurgen Klopp offers a startling admission.
“I could have gone to Bayern a few times, I could have won more titles in my life, pretty sure I would say – I didn't do it,” he says with a huge smile, in the full knowledge of the reaction those words would elicit.
He’s not boasting, rather the opposite. Klopp has made history with his remarkable side the first in English football to play every game possible in the pursuit of a quadruple, and in doing so has created arguably the greatest Liverpool team ever.