Klopp, 48, has been in charge of the Reds for four games after Brendan Rodgers was sacked during the international break.
The German is yet to oversee a defeat and takes his side to a beleaguered Chelsea for tomorrow’s 12.45pm kick off.
And Mourinho insists there is nothing new about the Liverpool squad since Klopp’s appointment on Merseyside.
“About Jurgen I just say I am not a close friend, because football doesn’t normally allow that, but he is a guy I like a lot,” Mourinho said.
“We have a good relationship, and as a manager his work speaks and in spite of the last season to forget, I consider him one of the top managers in Europe.”
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