Huddersfield Town fullback Erik Durm admits Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has had a big influence on his career success.

Durm worked with Klopp at Borussia Dortmund.

He had yet to play a senior game for Dortmund a year after joining from Mainz and jumped at the chance when Klopp told him he could make it in the Bundesliga as a defender.

“I was playing in the second team of Dortmund when one day, late in the second half of 2012-13 season, Jurgen Klopp came to me after training and said he can imagine me as a Bundesliga defender," said the Huddersfield full-back.

“Of course, when a coach says something like that it's huge. Playing in the Bundesliga had always been my goal, so I didn't have to think too long. I was also not so presumptuous to think I was going to take Robert Lewandowski's place in the first team.

“I had to learn to defend almost from new. For 14 years I was a No 9, a striker. Of course, you have to defend when you are a striker, but it's a bit different when suddenly Gareth Bale is running forwards at you."