Jurgen Klopp is famed for his jovial demeanour, and Georginio Wijnaldum has revealed the Liverpool manager's upbeat attitude extends to even the most serious of occasions.
According to the Dutch midfielder, in order to relieve the tension ahead of Liverpool's UEFA Champions League final clash with Real Madrid in 2018, Klopp sported some Cristiano Ronaldo-branded underwear.
Ronaldo was then part of the opposing Real side, and Wijnaldum said the prank in the pre-match team meeting helped ease the atmosphere ahead of the final in Kiev, Ukraine, per Raphael Honigstein of The Athletic (h/t Goal's Stephen Darwin):
"We saw he was wearing the boxer shorts of Cristiano Ronaldo.