Boris Becker says Jurgen Klopp wanted to visit him in prison LFC
, 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.”
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