'Are you kidding me?' - Jurgen Klopp's brilliant reaction to gift from Liverpool cult hero

'Are you kidding me?' - Jurgen Klopp's brilliant reaction to gift from Liverpool cult hero

Former Liverpool favourites Jurgen Klopp and Ragnar Klavan recently reunited

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts to Ragnar Klavan's gift (Image: YouTube: Klavan2025 )

If former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is anything, it is brutally honest. And former Reds defender Ragnar Klavan got a reminder as the pair recently reunited.

Over nine years as Reds boss, Klopp cemented his place in the club's history as a legend. Meanwhile, Klavan – a £4.2m defensive signing during the German's first summer transfer window at the club – is a cult hero for the way he performed for the Anfield club.

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Now the Estonian, 39, is retired from the sport and is on the campaign trail to become the next head of his home country's football association.

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In aid of that, Klopp sat down with his former player for an interview in which they discussed a variety of compelling on-field and off-field issues within football, with Klavan seeking to elevate the game in his homeland.

And at the end of the video uploaded to YouTube, the former defender presented a gift to his former boss - a custom-made 'Team Klavan' jersey with Klopp's name and 'football is for everyone' the message on the reverse.

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"Two things: it is fine," the 57-year-old pointed out first, before adding, "But this is Schalke blue – are you kidding me?!"

German side Schalke are, of course, fierce rivals of another of Klopp's former clubs, Borussia Dortmund.

Explaining his decision to stand for election, Klavan recently told Forbes: "It is a strange moment when you stop playing. You have twenty years with a lot of effort and the lucky ones make it to this elite level.

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"This means that they sacrificed a lot, and then it stops at the age of 35 or 40 when you are at your peak as a human. Suddenly, you are told that you are useless.

"The question is, are you willing to go all in again and start learning?

"There was always talk about how the Estonian FA is run under Aivar Pohlak. It's a little bit dark. When you are not shown the whole financial budget as a board member - how it has been run, then I have a lot of question marks."

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