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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp wanted to visit Wimbledon legend Boris Becker in prison but request was denied due to safety concerns
Boris Becker has revealed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was not allowed to visit him in prison due to safety concerns.
The three-time Wimbledon champion was sentenced to two-and-a-half years behind bars in April, having been found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act.
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Becker, though, was released from HMP Huntercombe in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, after just eight months.
In an emotional interview with German TV, the tennis legend broke his silence on life in prison, and revealed close friend Klopp was not allowed to visit him due to safety concerns.
“We are good friends and I gave his name to the authorities but then they came back and said that he couldn't come as he was too famous and they were concerned for his safety,” Becker claimed during the interview with Sat TV.
“I was allowed two visits a month and I had to give these names to the authorities so they could be checked out but it is a very slow process.
"The first time Lilian [Becker's girlfriend] came she said she was shocked at how I looked, although she only told me that later.”
The six-time Grand Slam winner provided further detail on what life was like behind bars, having also spent time at Wandsworth Prison.
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“Prison is all about survival,” he continued.
“This is the detention centre for criminals from London. Murderers, child molesters. There was no mirror. Later I wondered what I looked like.
“I'm also shocked by how I've changed. I made the mistake of only taking black stuff with me. I wanted to look cool, to do a bit of a gangster.
“But the whole thing has something important and good for me learned. And some things happen for a good reason.
“You’re nobody in prison,” he continued. “You’re just a number. Mine was A2923EV. I wasn’t called Boris. I was a number. And they don’t give a f*** who you are.”
Becker has since been deported from the UK after his release.
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