Then came the conclusive evidence.

“Jurgen sent me a selfie to prove it was him,” says Klavan.

“I’d received the messages so I wrote back ‘I don’t believe you. I need proof’. He sent me the picture smiling.

“At first I couldn’t believe it. It was my dream to play in the Premier League for 22 years. Then you are told you not only have a chance to do it, but it is Liverpool. I was like ‘are you serious? This is really happening?’

“I never thought of the possibility. There are some players who are always asking their agent ‘is anyone interested in me? Tell me, tell me’.

“I always told my agent that if there is something real and 100 per cent sure you can tell me about it, but I don’t want to hear about maybes.

“What is interest nowadays in football? Interest could mean you are in a list of 20 players. I had no idea Klopp was looking at me.