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Sir Alex Ferguson once revealed what Jurgen Klopp did to him after Liverpool’s league title in 2020

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In fact, he did such a good job in charge of Liverpool that, during Arne Slot’s first season in charge, he managed to come away with the Premier League title. Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesAnd, when the title in 2020 was finally confirmed to be Liverpool’s, Sir Alex Ferguson shared what Klopp did to him.



Jurgen Klopp woke Sir Alex Ferguson up at 3:30 am to tell him he’d won the Premier League titleEver since Liverpool won the 2019-20 Premier League title, Klopp’s name will be forever etched into the Reds’ history books. And, while speaking to Football Daily back in 2020, former Manchester United boss Ferguson shared what Klopp did to him after it was announced that Liverpool had won the title.

I think it was a marvellous performance.“I’ll forgive you for waking me up at half past three in the morning to tell me you’d won the league, thank you, but anyway, you thoroughly deserved it.“Well done.”🗣"Your personality went right through the whole club and I will forgive you for waking me up at 3:30am to tell me you won the league" 🤣Sir Alex Ferguson announcing Jurgen Klopp as the LMA manager of the year pic.twitter.com/ijpXLz6Btw— Football Daily (@footballdaily) July 27, 2020 View Tweet Arne Slot now needs to make all of Jurgen Klopp’s hard work at Liverpool worthwhileAlthough Slot may have won the Premier League title last season, he needs to ensure that, over a long period of time, Liverpool stay dominant. So, upon the first-team squad’s return from the October international break, it feels like the Dutchman needs to make a statement with Liverpool; otherwise, all of Klopp’s effort would end up being for nothing.