Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has described his former boss at Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp as a ‘bad teacher in the best sense of the word’, who he added is a father figure to him.
The duo seemed to have had a soft spot for each other, rolling back the years to 2022/12 season__ a period the world’s best player cited as example.
“It was a mental thing, a hang-up of some sort. And I think it had something to do with my father”, Mirror quoted the 32-year-old.
“I could talk to Jurgen about anything. I could trust him. He is a family man, and he has so much empathy for what goes on in your private life.”
Lewandowski jokingly reflected on why his former manager was a “bad teacher”. “Jurgen was not only a father figure to me.
As a coach, he was like the ‘bad’ teacher. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. “Let me explain. Think back to you when you were in school.
Which teacher do you remember the most? Not the one who made life easy for you and never expected anything from you. “No, no, no. You remember the bad teacher, the one who was strict with you.
The one who put pressure on you and did everything to get the best out of you. “That’s the teacher who made you better, right? And Jurgen was like that.”
Klopp lured Lewandowski to Borussia Dortmund from Lech Poznan in the summer of 2010, and the two men went on to work together at BVB for four seasons.
Dortmund won two Bundesliga titles and reached a Champions League final during that period, with Lewandowski scoring an impressive 103 goals in 187 appearances. Before the Polish striker signed ended up signing for Bundesliga Champions Bayern Munich in 2014 where he has continued with his goalscoring spree.
