Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken of taking the job five years ago.
Klopp has spoken of first being approached by the Reds.
He told liverpoolfc.com: “It made all the rest happen.
“I cannot forget the moment when I got the call from my agent that Liverpool is interested. And the feeling I had in that moment.
“I said it a couple of times, I was completely in a holiday mood; we were in Portugal, in Lisbon, with the family, both boys were with us. Ulla and I were sitting in an outside coffee bar.
“Actually I didn't take a lot of phone calls in that time, it was like: 'Come on, don't bother me.' But then I saw it and it was like I had a feeling it could be something interesting. So I take the phone and he tells me, and I felt the excitement inside.
“But because of all the things I said before to my family, I couldn't immediately say: 'Yes! Let's do it!' I had to ask: 'What's your opinion?' I still remember both boys were like: 'Yes!' We look at Ulla and she looked at all three of us: 'Oh, it looks like the holiday is over!'
“It was just a really nice moment to have it together. There was nothing decided in that moment, it was not that I spoke to anybody else. We flew home, Mike Gordon called me then two days later, one day later, whatever. Then I flew over to New York and all that stuff.
“But this very first moment when I got aware of the interest of Liverpool was already pretty special. And from that moment on it got better and better."
