Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has revealed that his Reds teammates have began to joke that Jurgen Klopp is like his dad, such is the power of his relationship together with his new boss.
The Argentine midfielder has been speaking to La Nacion in his homeland relating to life at Anfield after his transfer there in the summertime.
He joined Liverpool in an enormous cash transfer from Brighton and Hove Albion, with the Reds shifting rapidly to safe his signature as they rebuilt their midfield.
He’s proved to be an on the spot hit on the membership, turning into a key participant from day one and starring in all of their video games up to now, with even a pink card not ruining issues.
Like many gamers, he has been warmly welcomed by supervisor Jurgen Klopp, who works laborious to construct private relationships with all of his squad to assist construct that household really feel which has supplied the muse for Liverpool’s success below the German supervisor.
It appears issues could have gone a bit bit additional with Mac Allister, although, at the least so far as his Liverpool teammates are involved.
“The connection is clearly 10 factors, I simply arrived and if you simply arrive every part is less complicated and every part goes excellent,” he mentioned.
“However lots of my teammates tease me as a result of they are saying that he’s my dad now. The connection with him is ideal, he’s a really charismatic particular person, who all the time tries to be near the gamers.
“He has loopy moments that you just may see in a recreation, and you’ll’t cease laughing. For me it’s a pleasure to have the ability to work with him.”
That teasing from his Liverpool teammates has solely elevated over the previous week, with them feeling they’ve extra ammunition for his or her claims now.
“Effectively, now they caught me, as a result of the final recreation we returned from the nationwide crew I used to be the one South American who performed. Then they instructed me that he”s my dad, that he can’t take me out, that I had performed all of the video games… and that’s how they drove me loopy.
“However past the joke, the connection is spectacular, he’s an individual that I respect, that I respect very a lot, and I hope that he continues like this and that I can proceed studying from him on the sphere.”