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Arsenal defender Sokratis: What is Klopp like to work for?

Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulous has spoken positively of working with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

The pair were together at Borussia Dortmund.

It was at Dortmund that Sokratis played under Jurgen Klopp and with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

He said: “Klopp was a very good coach.

“Out on the pitch his mentality is to win, off it he was very friendly with the players and I'm very happy I had two years with him.

“Auba and Mikki were very important in me joining Arsenal.

“It is like something more than friends.

“We were together in Borussia and they are both very good players.

“They were a good part of my decision to come here."

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