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Jurgen Klopp joins Liverpool: Borussia Dortmund pay coach brilliant Beatles-themed tribute

Klopp has signed a three-year deal at Liverpool

Friday 09 October 2015 11:18 BST

Borussia Dortmund's message to Jurgen Klopp

Borussia Dortmund have sent former manager Jurgen Klopp a brilliant, Beatles-themed message wishing him well after he took the manager's job at Liverpool.

Klopp signed a three-year at Anfield and gave his first press conference today.

Upon hearing the news last night that he had been given the Reds' job, Dortmund tweeted out a good luck message referencing Liverpool's most famous sons, The Beatles, borrowing a line from their 1967 classic "A Day In The Life", and showing a mocked-up image of Klopp crossing Abbey Road, just like the Fab Four's memorable album cover.

Liverpool then responded to Dortmund with a message of their own. Both Liverpool and Dortmund sing "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Klopp was manager at Dortmund for seven years, between 2008 and 2015, winning back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012.

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

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Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>Signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan</b>

"Mkhitaryan fits us like an arse on a bucket. What he offers is exactly what we need."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>On his wife's books</b>

"She wrote a book for children. It's like Harry Potter - but it about football. There's no Harry Potter flying on his f****** stick - just football."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>His singing skills on the team bus</b>

"I couldn't have been a rock star, although I do sing Country Road very loudly on the PlayStation karaoke game."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>What he told his players after a poor first half</b>

"I told my players during the break: Since we're here anyway, we might actually play a bit of football."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>Are players banned from having sex before matches?</b>

"My players sleep in double rooms the night before the match. I hope that nothing happens."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>To a rival Schalke fan on the secret of winning the Bundesliga</b>

"How do you explain to a blind person what colour is?"

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>Borussia Dortmund's rivalry with Bayern Munich</b>

"We have a bow and arrow and if we aim well, we can hit the target. The problem is that Bayern has a bazooka. The probability that they will hit the target is clearly higher. But then Robin Hood was apparently quite successful."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>On his playing career<b/>

"I never succeeded in bringing to the field what was going on in my brain. I had the talent for the fifth division, and the mind for the Bundesliga. The result was a career in the second division."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>On Bayern</b>

"They are like the Chinese in the business world. They look at what others are doing and copy it, just with more money."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>Losing the 2013 Champions League final</b>

"The only thing I can say is that it was great. London is the town of the Olympic Games. The weather was good, everything is OK. Only the result is s***."

Jurgen Klopp's best quotes

<b>On having had a hair transplant</b>

"Yes, it's true. I underwent a hair transplant. And I think the results are really cool, don't you?"

The German said at his Anfield unveiling today that he wants to be known as the "Normal One", not the "Special One" like Jose Mourinho.

"How would you describe yourself?" #TheNormalOne http://t.co/0YnXR3e2lp #KloppLFC https://t.co/HrmDFgMSTA
Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 9, 2015

When asked about Mourinho's first press conference at Chelsea in 2004 when he labelled himself a 'Special One'.

Klopp replied: "I don't want to describe myself. I'm a totally normal guy, I'm the Normal One."

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