Jurgen Klopp’s wife asked him not to do Manchester United job

Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson opened up about the situation further and said the following to Norwegian television channel TV2 on Friday: “I interviewed Klopp for Sky, and I asked if he and Liverpool were created for each other. He looked at me and asked ‘Why?’.

“Then Klopp told me he could have taken over Manchester United but his wife said it wasn’t right. When Liverpool arrived, his wife said it was right. There is something strange there. It’s as if he is created for Liverpool.”

Back in 2013 Klopp was one of the favourite candidates to be the successor of Sir Alex Ferguson but he did not make a move, then a few months later when David Moyes was sacked, he was offered the role once again.

However, it wouldn’t be entirely true to speculate that Klopp didn’t make a move because of his wife, as there were other aspects too. He had just won the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and led them to a Champions League final and didn’t want to leave the amazing project he had created. The same with the season later.

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