There are certain football clubs which just seem to have a natural affinity - a ‘sympatico’ - between them.
It is well-documented how before Jurgen Klopp’s arrival at Liverpool in October 2015, he had the previous year turned down an approach from Manchester United to be their manager reportedly baulking at the ‘adult version of Disneyland’ vision of Old Trafford said to have been pitched to him by then executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
"Klopp fits Liverpool so perfectly because his background is very humble,” said fellow German Jurgen Klinsmann in 2019 after his compatriot’s breakthrough Champions League triumph over Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid. “His background is blue collar, hardworking, they live and die for their club and so his whole life basically was always very, very closely connected to the people, to the neighbourhoods."
