Jürgen Klopp cited bad timing when it came to Manchester United approaching him in 2013, but also criticised the proposed project at the time.
The 58-year-old, now head of global soccer for Red Bull GmbH, stepped away from Liverpool at the end of the 2023–24 season. His mid-season announcement came as a shock, but he cited he was running out of energy at the time.
Perhaps even more surprising is Klopp’s Liverpool might not have been a reality considering Man Utd had him on their list of targets to replace the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.
“In the year when Sir Alex retired, they spoke to me. Of course, they were interested at one point. At that time, I would have been interested. I was young, I had a sensational team at Dortmund,” Klopp said on podcast.
“It was wrong time, wrong moment. I had a contract at Dortmund and wouldn’t have left for anybody. They wanted a new manager and I was one of a few options I think.”
