Player whisperers and tactical wizards, Jürgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino are cut from the same cloth.
In the upper tier of Melwood, in the short corridor that leads from the manager’s office to the canteen, Klopp – pulling one of his identifiable ‘silly faces’ – is staggered.
It is July 2017, Andy Robertson has become Liverpool’s latest addition and a member of staff, who rattles off the Scotland international’s professional journey, has missed a piece of information on the player that the German deems most important.
“How can you not know that he is going to become a father for the first time?