Zeljko Buvac claims he was the silent architect behind much of Jurgen Klopp's success. Their 17-year partnership was marked by explosive rows often solved over a beer.... but this time the former friends have NOT buried the hatchet

It has not been the best of weeks for Jurgen Klopp.

Following a harrowing 7-2 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday, the German manager would perhaps have been hoping for a quiet start to the international break. Instead, he has had to deal with the ghosts of relationships past.

His gleaming smile already dulled by the humiliation at Villa Park, Klopp's scowl no doubt darkened further at the emergence this week of comments from his former right-hand man Zeljko Buvac, who left Liverpool under a cloud in 2018 after nearly two decades at Klopp's side.