"You cannot play football if you're not ready to lose."

In many ways those words uttered by Jurgen Klopp in episode one of 'Doubters To Believers - Liverpool FC: Klopp's Era' sum up the man and the manager.

A figure adored and followed into the trenches by those devoted to him, but one who perhaps didn't win as often as he should have done.

Nine months on from Klopp and Liverpool parting ways - a separation that felt barely fathomable at the time, as millions of people around the world lost a spiritual leader - we've learned that you don't always need to be as close to the edge as Klopp would go to taste victory, as Arne Slot has proven.

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However, the soon-to-be Premier League champion will be the first to tell you that he is benefitting from the work that Klopp put in, not just in rebuilding a squad but in repairing a club.

Doubters to Believers, the new four-part documentary from Amazon Prime Video which is released in its entirety on Friday, isn't really what it set out to be.

When Klopp shocked the world and announced the four-month run up to him leaving in January last year it was hoped that the cameras would be there to capture every leg of a glorious victory lap, with a Quadruple still possible(

As the documentary skips back and forth in time we go through a life not so much in the dugout but stalking the touchline in front of it, as Klopp goes from Mainz's tall, awkward-looking centre-forward who was a natural in front of the camera, appearing on gameshows and explaining disappointing defeats, to becoming the boss through an act of quite extraordinary player power from a squad devoted to him.

Adapting his own style of aggression from playing to managing - "I know how people see me on the sideline but that's a problem with my face" - Klopp transforms the fortunes of Mainz before going on to success with Dortmund, and then arriving at a Liverpool that are drifting, dallying and losing 6-1 to Stoke.

The 'doubters to believers' speech comes in the introductory press conference, as does the promise of a title in four seasons, and while it is easy to remember those now because they were statements which came true, it is somewhat startling to recall the context in which this charismatic figure was making them.

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Liverpool fans became devoted to Klopp.

We see Pep Lijnders hold a video session with Darwin Nunez, urging the Uruguayan to believe in himself more, we get to see the wholesome joy of Danns, then 18, entering the dressing room as a conquering hero after his FA Cup brace against Southampton, and we get Klopp's final dressing room speech to his players urging them to go on and achieve everything they can.

And almost 10 years on from his appointment what comes across from Doubters to Believers is the clear evidence that he left behind a club, a city and a fanbase transformed for the better, as well as players inspired by what they could do and empowered to try and achieve it.

And while everything he touched didn't quite turn to gold, it sure was fun to watch.

Doubters To Believers Liverpool FC: Klopp’s Era is available exclusively on Prime Video now

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