Jurgen Klopp is favourite to become the next manager of Liverpool and that is certainly good news for fans who like charismatic leaders not shy of giving a good quote.

Over the years, the German has come out with some marvellous soundbites, from the genuinely witty to the downright bizarre.

We picked 20 of our favourite Klopp quotes...

Jurgen Klopp has come out with some memorable soundbites over the years

On Borussia Dortmund’s rivalry with Bayern Munich: ‘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.’

On defender Mats Hummels suffering a long lay-off: ‘We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail.’

On Hummels being linked with Manchester United: ‘If that’s not a bulls*** story, I’ll eat a broomstick!’

Klopp played down speculation linking Mats Hummels to Manchester United in his own inimitable way

On Arsene Wenger: ‘He likes having the ball, playing football, passes. It’s like an orchestra. But it’s a silent song. I like heavy metal.’

On his playing career: ‘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.’

On defeat in the 2013 Champions League final: ‘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***.’

Klopp is the strong favourite to replace Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool. He left Borussia Dortmund in May

After beating Bayern Munich in 2011: ‘When Dortmund last won here 19 years ago, most of my players were still being breast-fed.'

On signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan: 'Mkhitaryan fits us like an arse on a bucket. What he offers is exactly what we need.'

Following a poor first-half performance: 'I told my players during the break: Since we're here anyway, we might actually play a bit of football.'

Klopp clearly felt that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was tailor-made for his Dortmund team

A Schalke fan asked Klopp the secret of winning the Bundesliga: 'How do you explain to a blind person what colour is?'

On Bayern Munich's way of doing things: 'They are like the Chinese in the business world. They look at what others are doing and copy it, just with more money.'

On his wife's literary abilities: '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.'

Klopp pictured with his wife Ulla, who wrote a children's book based on football

A warning to the British press: 'There are some really good German explanations for some problems. But I don't know how to say it in English.'

On being spotted in public: 'In extreme situations, you have to think fast. At one of my mates' stag parties, we all dressed up as Father Christmas - fully masked.'

Creating a unique playing style at Dortmund: 'The fans should not only recognise us by our black and yellow jerseys. Even if we play in red, everyone in the stadium should think, 'whoa, that can only be BVB.'

The charismatic German will certainly enliven press conferences if he comes to Liverpool

On fixture congestion: 'It's as if someone has to play the world chess championship after 72 hours of sleep deprivation.'

On team bus entertainment: 'I couldn't have been a rock star, although I do sing Country Road very loudly on the PlayStation karaoke game.'

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

On whether sex is banned the night before games: 'My players sleep in double rooms the night before the match. I hope that nothing happens.'

On being sent to the stands: 'I'm a bit proud of my first red card as a coach. I approached the fourth official and said: 'How many mistakes are allowed here? If it's 15, you have one more.'