JURGEN KLOPP hilariously asked reporters to Google what position Jose Mourinho played in his career after being asked who was the better player in their prime.
The Liverpool boss, 52, was bizarrely grilled as to who he thought was better as a player rather than manager.
Mourinho, bottom right, was a midfielder during his playing daysCredit: Rex Features
But a sheepish Klopp couldn’t remember where Mourinho, 56, even played before asking reporters to check for him in the middle of his pre-Spurs press conference.
Klopp said: “Does anyone know what position Mourinho played? Don’t blame me if you don’t know it.
“Does anybody know? I think he was a goalkeeper…
“I want to know now. Come on, Google it. We have time.”
When told by a reporter there was no time, Klopp replied: “I have time.”
The reporter then tells him he was a midfielder, to which Klopp grinned and sheepishly mumbled: “Sorry, Jose.
“He did play goalie in that charity game, though, so…”
Mourinho did in fact play as a midfielder during his seven-year playing career.
The Portuguese star turned out for lower league Portuguese sides Rio Ave, Belenenses, Sesimbra and Comericio e Industria between 1980 and 1987 – playing 94 times, scoring 13 times.
Klopp, meanwhile, enjoyed a 14-year career – 11 of which were spent at Mainz.
After playing for FC Pforzheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, Viktoria Sindlingen and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt as a youngster, Klopp moved to Mainz aged 23.
The German was predominantly a right-back but was often unleashed as a striker thanks to his eye for goal – scoring 52 times in 325 games for the 2 Bundesliga side.
Klopp took over as Mainz boss immediately after his playing career ended and led the club to their first-ever season in the Bundesliga, before moving to Borussia Dortmund and then Liverpool.
Mourinho’s Tottenham host Klopp’s Reds at 5.30pm on Saturday.
Klopp was a right-back-cum-striker during his playing daysCredit: PA:Press Association
Jurgen Klopp has banter with the press before Spurs press conference
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
