Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said the club's former manager Jurgen Klopp has been texting him consistently about the Bundesliga's impending return.
The German top-flight is set to become the first European league to return from its coronavirus suspension when it resumes play on Saturday.
With every other major league still paused, the eyes of the world will be on Germany this weekend and there will be one particularly keen observer in Liverpool.
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Klopp, who was in charge at Dortmund from 2008 to 2015 before moving on to Liverpool, has been in touch with his former boss about football's return in his native country.