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Jurgen Klopp is expected to be appointed as the new Liverpool manager on Thursday.
The German coach has been locked in talks with the Anfield club following the dismissal on Sunday of Brendan Rodgers.
Klopp is expected to arrive on Merseyside this afternoon to thrash out the final details of the deal before putting pen to paper on what is expected to be a three-year deal.
Show all 11 1 /11Jurgen Klopp's best quotes 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?"
It's understood that Klopp is keen to bring former assistants Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz with him to Anfield as coaches.
Jurgen Klopp's best quotes
Liverpool quickly made Klopp their number one target, although Carlo Ancelotti has featured in discussions held by the club's Fenway Sports Group owners.
Ancelotti, who like Klopp is also out of work, appeared to rule himself out earlier this week when he said: "I want to take my time to rest, but next season I am ready."
Should the deal for Klopp not be finalised today, it's expected the deal will definitely go through on Friday.
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