Jurgen Klopp Will Not Be Wearing A Suit For The Carabao Cup Final And He's Explained Why

Managers traditionally swap their tracksuits and caps for a more formal outfit on cup final day, but Klopp is shunning that tradition for a good reason.

Klopp brought his Borussia Dortmund side to Wembley for the Champions League final in 2013 and they lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich.

He'd return to the capital with Liverpool for the Carabao Cup final in February 2016, losing that to Manchester City on penalties.

Klopp now has a third final at Wembley in his sights and doesn't want to make the same mistake again.

"I am pretty sure that someone told me before the League Cup final that I needed to wear a suit.

"With the Champions League in 2013, honestly, it is really silly but someone told me that it was expected to wear a suit on the touchline and then when I saw the first coach next to me without a suit I thought ‘are you kidding me?!!!’ That was the moment I stopped it.

"No, I will not wear a suit for a football game unless it is a rule. It is not a problem. I don't go as a tramp to a wedding or whatever. There are things you have to wear, but if I have a free choice (I won't)."

Klopp ditched the suit for 2016's Europa League final loss to Sevilla and once against for 2019's Champions League final with Tottenham Hotspur.

The 54-year-old looks back on that 2-0 win in Madrid fondly and says he doesn't care how he looks as long as fans are happy with the result.

He continued: "If I look back on the pictures after the Champions League final and how I look and the pictures after we became champions and how I look there, I couldn't care less.

"So I look completely outraged, hat there, cap over there, bad shave, that is really not cool to be honest. It is not that I want to look like that, but it just happened.

"I cannot think around the game