Klopp: I'm the normal one

Klopp was introduced to the press at Anfield after signing what Sky sources understand is a three-year deal and said he was joining "a special club, not a normal club."

And the new manager raised a chuckle when he was asked for a soundbite similar to Jose Mourinho's famous 'special one' comment when he arrived at Chelsea in 2004.

"I don't want to describe myself," he said. "I'm a very normal guy from the Black Forest. I'm the normal one, if you like."

Asked later whether he saw himself emulating Liverpool's greatest bosses, he said: "I don't compare myself with these genius mangers in the history of Liverpool. I don't think about this, it's really not important.

"It's really cool that you guys are looking forward to the next months and years with me, but I don't think abut it. No one of these great managers said at his first press conference: 'my goal is to be a legend at the end of my time here."

The German said managing Liverpool was "the biggest honour I can imagine" and called for patience as he implements a brand of "full-throttle" football that won two Bundesliga titles for Borussia Dortmund.

But there was a promise of future success in "a special Liverpool way".

"We can wait for it," he said. "I don't want to say we have to wait the next 20 years. When I sit here in four years, I think we've won one title in this time. I'm pretty sure. If not...maybe Switzerland!"

Klopp immediately made it clear he will have no problem working with the club's transfer committee - a system under scrutiny in the days since Brendan Rodgers' sacking.

He said: "For me it's enough that I have the first and last word, and in the middle we can discuss about everything.

"It won't take a long time because we only want to discuss about very good players. Its discussing on the very highest level, I hope.

"I'm not a genius, I don't know more than the rest of the world, I need the other people to get the perfect information and when we get this we will sign with a player or sell a player. But it's really easy to handle this."

Source: Sky Sports

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