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There are few managers in world football who command more column inches, who provoke more interest than Jurgen Klopp.

Though the Liverpool boss would never admit it – and would probably rather it not be the case – he is box office material. The kind you'd write a book on.

Raphael Honigstein, the esteemed German journalist, has done exactly that. His new offering 'Klopp: Bring the Noise' is on shelves now, and is recommended reading for all Reds fans – all football fans, even.

It's a cracking read, a detailed look at Klopp's career and life, featuring standout interviews with a number of key figures past and present. Adam Lallana and Mike Gordon are among those spoken to.

You'll have seen some of the top lines by now – how Klopp turned down the chance to manage Manchester United , how he wishes he could swear at his players in German – but here are a few little nuggets you might not be aware of...

His 'secret' Liverpool talks were nearly uncovered...

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Klopp's first face-to-face meeting with Liverpool was scheduled for October 1, 2015 in New York.

It was a secret, of course. Brendan Rodgers was still in position at the time, and no deal had been struck with Klopp.

But the meeting could so easily have leaked. Honigstein writes how Klopp and agent Marc Kosicke were accosted in the Lufthansa lounge at Munich airport and asked why they were going to New York.

“We're watching a basketball game,” he replied, despite the fact that the NBA campaign didn't start for another four weeks. Later, at their hotel in Manhattan, the pair were greeted by a Mainz fan who, of course, recognised his hero.

He nearly signed Kevin De Bruyne...

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Now he's the best player in the Premier League, but in 2013 he was a Chelsea prospect who was looking for a way out.

And Klopp thought he had him. Honigstein reveals how a deal to take De Bruyne to Borussia Dortmund was set up, with Klopp texting the Belgian on the day of their Champions League final with Bayern Munich in 2013, expressing his delight at being able to work with the midfielder.

The move, though, was vetoed by Chelsea at the last minute. De Bruyne went to Wolfsburg and later City.

That Dortmund game caused some friction between Klopp and his old club...

The most emotionally-charged evening of the Klopp era at Anfield came in March 2016 when the Reds overcame Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League.

But the tie caused cracks in the strong relationship Klopp shared with his former club.

Hans-Joachim Watzke, the CEO, reveals how Klopp and his family reacted badly to comments made pre-match about the game “not being the Kloppo show”, while former Dortmund striker Norbert Dickel was unhappy with Klopp's rousing of the crowd during the second leg.

“But I'm not upset with him any more,” Dickel adds.

He's on the left of centre...

Towards the end of the book, reporter Martin Quast – a friend of Klopp's – suggests that Klopp would be able to get elected as German president if he wanted.

Klopp's own political beliefs emerge. “I'm on the left, of course,” he says. “More left than middle. I believe in the welfare state. I'm not privately insured. I would never vote for a party because they promised to lower the top tax rate. My political understanding is this: if I am doing well, I want others to do well, too. If there's something I will never do in my life it is vote for the right.”

He wanted to be a sports reporter at one point...

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He may regularly joke and poke at the media, and may roll his eyes at one or two of the questions they ask him, but he may well have been a reporter himself.

The book reveals how Klopp, who always worried that his playing career would end if Mainz were relegated to the third tier in Germany, took steps to prepare himself for a later career in media.

Martin Quast, a reporter with the privately-owned SAT1 channel, recalls a feature Klopp recorded on the Roschinger sisters from Bad Vilbel, two of the Hesse region's most successful snowboarders.

It wasn't bad at all, by all accounts.

Liverpool used to have a surprising social secretary...

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Among the interesting details revealed about Klopp's working life at Liverpool is the fact that “at least one LFC employee” as sought his advice over relationship issues.

And that, prior to his arrival at Melwood, it was left to Simon Mignolet to organise get-togethers and team events. Honigstein writes that: “Klopp sought the goalkeeper out and told him there would be much more of them in the coming months...”

He and his coaching staff really believe in Dejan Lovren...

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The Croatian defender regularly comes under fire from supporters and pundits alike, but he has big supporters among Liverpool's coaching staff.

Peter Krawietz, one of Klopp's most trusted lieutenants, says in the book: “When we came to Liverpool everybody told us about his problems, about the things he couldn't do, but we were determined to look at him with fresh eyes.

“We felt from the very first day that we had a player there, and his development has been great.”

There's no such thing as a friendly with Klopp!

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In the book, Jamie Carragher recounts a story which, to him, sums up Klopp's mentality.

Carragher played for Liverpool in their end-of-season friendly in Sydney back in May, and remembers Klopp berating the referee at half time over a penalty that wasn't given. Liverpool were leading 2-0.

“I thought I was very, very competitive,” Carragher points out. “But he was something else. That's what you need.”

Klopp: Bring the Noise is out now by Yellow Jersey Press priced at £12.99.