Mkhitaryan on relationships with Klopp, Tuchel, Mourinho and Wenger: ‘Difficult’

Inter midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has spoken in-depth about his relationships with various coaches from his career to date, including Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger. 

The Nerazzurri veteran spoke in-depth about the coaches he has worked under so far at the Festival dello Sport in Trento on Sunday. 

The Armenian says that Klopp, with whom he worked at Borussia Dortmund, remains one of his all-time favourite coaches. 

“He was always available whenever you wanted to talk to him, regardless of whether you wanted to talk about football or problems in life,” Mikhitaryan said (via TMW). I will always be grateful to him, because I did have some difficulties at Dortmund.” 

Mkhitaryan went on to recall a bet that he once made with Klopp in training. 

“It was a bet during training. He said to me ‘let’s bet you won’t score more than seven goals during this drill’. The first shot was off target, the second hit the post, Then he came over, stopped me and told him it was game over and I had to pay him €50. 

“The next match, against Eintracht, I scored two goals, the ones I’d missed during training. After the game, he gave me a hug and said ‘will you give me those €50 back?’ I didn’t understand the bet. In fact, we didn’t make any more after that.”