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'After the game, he smoked on the toilet and told us about the game'

German footballer Michael Thurk knows the new Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp better than most players. He was a team mate of Klopp's at Mainz and then was managed by the former Borussia Dortmund boss. Now a close friend he has some memorable stories to tell - from talking tactics on the toilet, to being caught having sausages from room service the night before a game - but first he tells Lee James what he was really like to play with:

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