Jürgen Klopp responded to Adebayo Akinfenwa’s request to “hit me” by sending the striker a congratulatory video message after Wycombe’s promotion to the championship.
The Chairboys defeated Oxford United 2-1 in the League One playoff final on Monday night and will play in the second division of English football for the first time in their history next season.
The larger-than-life Akinfenwa, who is a big Liverpool fan, was fired from Wimbledon four years ago and asked every observing manager to “hit me on the WhatsApp and get me a job”.
The 38-year-old was in a much better mood after beating Oxford and told Sky Sports full-time: “Let me tell you something, the only person who can beat me on WhatsApp this time is Klopp, so we can party together. Do you understand me? Oi! “
Akinfenwa then shared a video with his Twitter account in the early morning of Tuesday morning, in which he can still be seen in all of his gear on a street.
The clearly enthusiastic player shows the camera a video message that Klopp sent and in which the Liverpool manager says: “Hello big man. Congratulations. I saw the game but did not see the interviews after the game, but Hendo and that Guys told it. ” I want to get in touch with you on WhatsApp, so let’s go.
“Congratulations! I’m pretty sure you wanted to be at least one championship player all your life, and now you’re finally here. Well done. Great, great victory.
“Even in these strange times, I hope you celebrate appropriately.”
Akinfenwa then screams with delight: “Come on! Klopp, you’re a legend! We did it, I told you it was on WhatsApp, we celebrate together. You will never go alone! Beast mode!”
He also shared a caption with the video, which read: “Are you crazy, the man, the myth, the legend sent me a Watsapp. It can’t get any better today. Thanks Klopp # YNWA # Beast20 # BeastMode we did it # champHereWeCome “
Akinfenwa is considered one of the greatest personalities in English football and recently received a fine from his club after training in a Liverpool jersey the day after the Reds won the Premier League title.
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But he can get some money back now after saying that Liverpool Echo before the game against Oxford :: “To be fair, the gaffer told me that if we were promoted he would halve my fine, but I would be so happy if we were promoted that I would still like to pay the full amount. It would be money well spent.
“It’s crazy because I imagined Liverpool doing what they did and won the Premier League, and then personally that we would be promoted to the championship.
“It would be a very good mid to 2020 for me because this year was a little different.”
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