In a recent interview, new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that his Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho is a really nice guy, unless you are a journalist or a referee. The Portuguese boss was given a £50,000 fine and a suspended one-match stadium ban for claiming that officials were “afraid” to award his side decisions.
The comments had come after the defeat to Southampton on the 3rd of October and the former Real Madrid boss was once again charged this week with misconduct after being sent off against West Ham.
However, the former Borussia Dortmund manager said prior to the Reds’ trip to Stamford Bridge, “When I was in Germany, sometimes we sent short messages [to each other].”
“From my side, I am full of respect for his work. I think if you are not a journalist or a referee he can be a nice guy, and I am not one of these so we have a good talk.”
“I like to meet people and he is a nice guy and he was really full of respect during the game.”
“He is emotional, I am emotional but we are full of enough respect after the whistle that normal life starts again and you can talk normally about things that happen and that is what we did.”
“Everything is okay with us, no problem.”