The Reds boss has been shortlisted alongside Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino for the honour, which will be handed out at a ceremony in Milan later this evening.
Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com from the Italian city, Klopp looked back on his route towards becoming a Champions League-winning manager that featured spells at Mainz and Borussia Dortmund before taking over at Anfield in October 2015.
Read on below as the German paid tribute to his coaching staff and how he took fashion advice from Virgil van Dijk...
On whether he thought he would ever be considered one of the best managers in the world when starting out at Mainz in 2001.