"It’s a wonderful story at Huddersfield," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told reporters in September, heaping praise on his former Borussia Dortmund colleague David Wagner, now at the helm at Huddersfield Town. "I watch a lot of Championship football. I’m interested in how Huddersfield are doing."
Klopp's relationship with Wagner goes back decades, from time as team-mates at Mainz 05 to operating as manager and reserve manager at Dortmund and now together in England—one in the Premier League and one in the Championship.
Wagner was best man at Klopp's wedding to his long-term partner, Ulla, in 2005, while the 44-year-old told the Guardian's Andy Hunter in December that "I've known Jurgen longer than I’ve known my wife.