The End of the Storm

I'm not the...

smartest person on this planet.

I'm not the most skilled person on this planet.

I, um...

I'm not the best looking or whatever.

I don't have the best background.

All these kind of things. But it's not a problem at all.

My two best friends had the best grades from the whole school

and we were learning together and I was not even close to them

and I didn't think, "I'm a bit...

dumb" or whatever.

I just took it like it is and knew that's my basis

from here, I have to jump.

What I want to say with it is

I always felt support from people

from my friends, from my family all the way through.

When you walk through a storm

and there are different storms out there

that's the moment when you need support.

and I really love the fact

that there is a song about my way of life.

How I understand life.

You'll never walk alone.

It was not the reason why I came here.

It's a pure coincidence.

It's my anthem for years and years.

I think it's in one of the most beautiful songs ever.

That's it. So here we are. and it's a pretty good fit.

[CROWD CHEERS AND WHISTLES]

: Liverpool Football Club, it means life. Honestly.

[MUSIC: "Liverpool" sung by Chelcee Grimes]

My grandfather followed Liverpool all over Europe.

It's just ingrained in us.

: People used to say

"What was the secret Liverpool Football Club?"

If they had a secret, we wouldn't tell you.

The supporters have always had huge effect.

:

: The death toll from the stadium disaster

stands at 96.

: When Liverpool play

it's a combination of excitement and fear.

You never know what's gonna happen.

: Joy for Manchester United!

I was six when we last won the league

and to be honest, I don't remember it.

: Ryan Giggs has scored!

: It seems to me like

they don't really like football.

It's not a big team anymore.

:

: Gerrard, with the shot. Oh, what a goal!

: Oh, Gerrard slipped.

And Demba Ba's in here!

Ba punishes, of all people... Steven Gerrard.

: I just cried and cried and cried

and I just felt like my entire world

had come crashing down.

:

: Big breaking news for the Premier League.

Brendan Rodgers has left Liverpool.

Where do they go next then?

I would go for Klopp.

Liverpool appears to be closing in on a new manager.

The German Jurgen Klopp.

The day that Jurgen was appointed I said

"Fasten your seat belts. We're off and running here".

He's a breath of fresh air.

He said that he's going to win us the Premiership.

It's what we want.

In this moment, we are not the best team in the world.

They don't believe in this moment, yeah?

So they only want to see, OK, five years ago

ten years ago, 20 years ago.

History is great, but it's only to remember.

Now we have the possibility to write a new story.

: Jurgen Klopp arriving here at the Lane.

He's a manager who's worked wonders in the Bundesliga.

Twice managing Dortmund to the League Championship there.

Can he bring similar successes to Merseyside?

Usually in life you have to fulfil

first and foremost your own expectations.

But when you come to Liverpool, then it's completely different

because there's so many people dream about our success.

Winning trophies is fulfilling the expectations of the people.

My first game at Tottenham

I always watched the other team warming up.

Tottenham, they're good looking. Dark blue.

Harry Kane, Dele Alli.

Everything looks set.

You turn around. Wow!

We all look like Captain Picard.

The wrong sizes, they didn't fit really the players.

I was not happy.

And I thought: how can you be...

the game didn't even start, being already the second best.

: It's Harry Kane

and this is N'Jie with the finish!

: So next day, I asked for a meeting

and said, "Hey, come on.

What can we change immediately?"

Because I really think that

these kind of things are important.

: He's gonna break for Harry Kane!

: I'm not a control freak.

I just think things should happen in a specific way.

: Forward looking for Ighalo.

Who is really quick and persistent.

And he reaps the reward!

Well, Lallana with the header.

You do sense that Liverpool will eventually create something.

They've still not had a shot on target.

: We have some problems.

You have to solve them. So I need help.

Of course, we have to find good defenders

good strikers, good midfielders.

: The breaking news is that

Liverpool have completed the signing of Sadio Mane

from Southampton.

: Sigurdsson...

looking deep for Fernandez, who wins it

and it's still not away

and it's in by Fernando Llorente.

It's a lovely ball as well. It's two!

That was poorly defended by Liverpool.

We need a leader, at the back.

: Big transfer story tonight.

Liverpool have got their man, Virgil van Dijk.

: I'm not a genius, so I cannot do it alone.

: Oh, Karius has lost it!

And it's in by Nathan Ake!

It is just a horrible, horrible day for Liverpool.

: Liverpool have confirmed the world record

for a goalkeeper signing of Alisson from Roma.

:

Morning.

: As captain of a football club like Liverpool

what your role is, what you're here to do

is get the best out of yourself get the best out of the team.

Setting the standard

making sure you've given everything every single day.

And eventually you'll get your rewards.

But, it doesn't stop here.

You know, you gotta keep going. You gotta keep improving.

: It's never easy in pre-season.

You start from scratch.

What happened three weeks ago, four weeks ago, is gone.

Winning the Champions League was a dream come true for myself.

The celebration we had with the fans, the parade.

Definitely, I want to experience this again.

: Champions of Europe.

But it's all about being

Champions of England now surely.

: Last year we had the determination

we had the desire, the emotion, the passion.

The boys played an exceptional season.

But we have to make the next step.

: Coming out on top again

in the Premier League, Manchester City!

: Last year...

the Premier League, City was just a little bit better.

A lot of it is mentally how we deal with things under pressure.

What up and good morning! We're back in Nazare.

I remember I saw a little video on social media.

Someone on a wave and the wave was miles in the air.

We're going to take you guys with us

to show you a little bit about Nazare

and the preparations before the season starts.

: Sebastian Steudtner is a German guy.

He's the world's best high wave surfer.

Wow.

He's all the time in a life-threatening situation.

And if he surfs the highest wave he ever saw

then he's looking for the next highest wave

and he's waiting for that the whole year.

Maybe two years, maybe three years.

It's just so obvious where the similarities are.

: So we met him.

I was very, very interested in what he had to say

about how he deals with pressure.

He's like you need to do one little slight mistake

and life could be over.

Shall we swim?

: After that, we went to the pool

and did a little bit of breathing techniques.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER]

You had to stay underwater for as long as you can

and I remember I was there for maybe 30 seconds

and that was long for myself

and he said certain things that you can do

and then try again.

: He explained them how to cool down your mindset

how to bring yourself in maybe a happier place

that you can do that longer.

I remember the change was already massive

and there were some players that were down for two

or two and a half minutes on the water

almost three minutes, and I was like, how?

That was absolutely incredible.