JURGEN KLOPP has claimed he is jealous of Mohamed Salah after the Liverpool winger met Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke in New York.
The Red boss also insisted he has no issue with the Egyptian international skipping training to attend the Time 100 Gala on Tuesday.
Salah was in attendance at the event after being named by Time as one of the most influential people of 2019.
The 26-year-old looked at home on the red carpet as he posed for a picture with Clarke – who plays Daenerys Targaryen on the hit fantasy TV show.
While he also took a photo with Academy Award winner Rami Malek and TV host Jimmy Fallon.
But it was the snap with Clarke that left Klopp feeling envious, as he joked he wished he had met the Mother of Dragons.
Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s clash against Huddersfield, Klopp said: “Travelling these days is no problem anymore.
“It would be more problem if his car broke and he had to walk from here! He missed one session. Today [Thursday] he is in training and everything is fine again.
“I saw a few pictures and he looked brilliant in his tuxedo. Wow. He met a lot of famous people. Mrs Targaryen, eh? She was there as well.
“If he’d have asked me maybe I would have joined him! It was very interesting and now he’s back, it’s all fine.”
Before adding: “I’m very proud, because people in football, we are obviously on television, in newspapers a lot, and most of the time we don’t say very smart things.
“In the world at the moment, it is very important that you have people like Mo. It should not be his first job, obviously, but it’s important that he has an opinion and that he makes his opinion public.
“I was completely fine, we always say football is not the most important thing in the world, but when you can prove it you have to be there.”
Salah has been influential for Liverpool yet again this season – chipping in with 23 goals and 12 assists in 47 games in all competitions.
The mother of dragons herself… 🙂 pic.twitter.com/ZFabVR6G8k
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) April 25, 2019
SOURCE: thesun.co.uk
