Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has lifted the lid on the small but key changes Jurgen Klopp made when he first arrived at the club in 2015, which the Croatian centre-back suggests crucially instilled a level of respect among the players that isn’t always present at other clubs.
Lovren is one of the few players left from the squad that Klopp inherited from predecessor Brendan Rodgers and remembers how the German insisted upon things that were as simple as players greeting each other and staff every morning, as well as clearing up after themselves.
Although Lovren is adamant that he himself is old enough to know to clean his table in the Melwood canteen, the suggestion is that Klopp wanted to ensure players do not take even simple things for granted.