jUR JOY Excited Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals baby joy as he announces he is going
to become a grandad aged 55
JURGEN KLOPP has revealed he is set to become a
grandfather.
The 55-year-old announced the news in an interview with his former
Borussia Dortmund player Lukasz Piszczek on Polish television.
2 Jurgen Klopp has
announced he is set to become a grandad Credit: Getty
2 The son of Klopp's wife Ulla
Sandrock is set to become a father Credit: Rex
The son of Klopp's wife Ulla Sandrock,
35-year-old Dennis, is set to become a father.
Speaking on Viaplay Sport Polska, a
jubilant Klopp said: "I'm going to be a grandpa!"
Klopp and Ulla got married in 2005
after meeting at a pub during the Munich Oktoberfest.
The pair do not have any children
together, but have sons from each of their first respective managers.
Klopp's son,
34-year-old Marc, gets along well with Dennis according to Bild.
Ulla has been dubbed
"the First Lady" of Bundesliga thanks to her charitable actions while Klopp worked in
Germany.
She is also a children's novelist, publishing her first book - "Tom and the
Magic Football" - in 2008 before a sequel followed two years later.
Additionally, Ulla
has worked as a teacher in Kenya and as a nurse in Nairobi.
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Ulla made headlines in April 2024 when she handed £1,000
worth of food vouches to staff at a Waitrose in Formby, close to their family home.
And
it seems she has some sway over Klopp's managerial career as well, with Klopp revealing
Ulla was instrumental in his decision to pen an extension at Liverpool until 2026.
In
an interview with the club's website, he said: "The most important contract I signed in
my life was the one with Ulla.
"That's where it started again. We sat in the kitchen at
the table and Ulla said, 'I can't see us leaving in 2024.' And I was like,
'What?'
"That's how it all started and when that started I thought 'let's have a
think'."
Klopp then added: "Ulla, she just loves it here.
"If she would say, 'Honestly,
I love the football and I love watching it but I actually want to go home', then we
would go, that's the truth. She started it and here we are."