German tennis legend Boris Becker has claimed that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp tried to visit him while he was in prison in the UK.
Becker has since been released and deported to Germany having served eight monthsallegedly sparked outrage among his prison inmates when he was handed a new job in jailBecker has now spoken about Liverpool manager Klopp and how the German football boss tried to visit him while he was locked away.
‘We are good friends and I gave his name to the authorities but then they came back and said that he couldn’t come as he was too famous and they were concerned for his safety,’ Becker told Sat TV. ‘I was allowed two visits a month and I had to give these names to the authorities so they could be checked out but it is a very slow process.‘The first time Lilian [Becker’s girlfriend] came she said she was shocked at how I looked, although she only told me that later.’
Becker regularly appeared as a pundit on the BBC’s coverage of the Wimbledon Championships before his conviction.
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