Alex Manninger shared emotional Jurgen Klopp story in interview before tragic death

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCFormer Liverpool and Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger died at the age of 48 on Thursday, just days after sharing emotional memories of Jurgen Klopp's phone call that brought him to AnfieldDejan Lovren and Alex Manninger of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Ground(Image: Getty Images)Alex Manninger gave an interview just days before his sudden passing, where he recalled a phone call with Jurgen Klopp that convinced him to see out his career with Liverpool.The Austrian goalkeeper, who ended his playing days at Anfield following an earlier stint with Arsenal in the 1990s, tragically passed away aged 48 on Thursday after his car was struck by a train in Salzburg. I'd beaten his Dortmund side with Augsburg two years earlier. [He said] 'I want that goalkeeper there.

You have to do it for me, too'. I never actually played, I was 40, but leaving football and saying goodbye to the fans in front of the Kop was an amazing feeling."Manninger was brought in as a deputy to Simon Mignolet during his time at Anfield, though he never made an appearance.

"I was 20 years old, I was a kid. I had a monster like Tony Adams in front of me.