Klopp is a coach you don´t forget – Immobile grateful to have played under Liverpool boss at Dortmun

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile is grateful to have played under Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund, describing the German coach as “someone you do not forget”.

Immobile was brought to Dortmund by Klopp in 2014 as a replacement for Robert Lewandowski but scored just 10 goals in 34 games before heading to Sevilla the following year.

He again struggled in front of goal at Sevilla but has since revived his career at the Stadio Olimpico, scoring a combined 103 goals in the last four Serie A campaigns.

However, the Italy international is disappointed things did not work out for him across his one season playing under now-Liverpool boss Klopp at Dortmund.

“Klopp leaves something behind for you. You don’t forget someone like him,” he told Sport Bild. 

“I was lucky to be able to play under him. He’s a super emotional trainer. Someone for whom you fight for every ball.

“He demands that of you too, and you can see that in his behaviour on the sidelines.”

Asked why he struggled to make an impact with BVB in 2014-15, Immobile said: “I think that I just moved to Dortmund at an inconvenient time as far as the team was concerned.