Jurgen Klopp throws open the door to his Melwood office.



“Oh, if I’d known it was you, I wouldn’t have bothered having a shower,” he jokes, his booming laugh echoing down the corridor. “How’s the new job?”



The Liverpool boss is armed with a large bowl of fruit and yoghurt from the canteen. It’s mid-morning and he’s back at his desk after a week’s break in Cape Town with his wife Ulla.



Wearing a red New Balance hoodie, black tracksuit bottoms and white trainers, he looks refreshed and ready for what lies ahead as he takes a seat on one of the three cream sofas.



Klopp radiates positivity. In the space of four years he has transformed the club from one that had lost its way into the champions of Europe and the runaway Premier League leaders. No-one has had a bigger impact on Liverpool Football Club since Bill Shankly’s appointment 60 years ago.



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