Split loyalties were not on Wayne Rooney's mind as he named Jurgen Klopp among his top three coaches of 2016 at the FIFA Best awards on Monday.
Though the Manchester United captain made Claudio Ranieri his No 1 choice for guiding Leicester to the Premier League title, he still had room for the manager of a club he loves to hate.
The German guided Liverpool to two cup final appearances in 2016 - the League Cup and Europa League - though they tasted defeat on both occasions.
Second on Rooney's list for coach of the year was Chris Coleman, who took Wales to the semi finals of Euro 2016 in thrilling fashion during the summer.