• Published: 11:46, 20 Oct 2025
• Updated: 11:46, 20 Oct 2025

Jurgen Klopp is Liverpool's greatest Premier League manager - but things could have been different had he accepted Manchester United's call in 2013.

The 58-year-old has explained why he famously decided to snub coaching the Red Devils - before finally moving to England two years later at Anfield.

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Klopp guided Liverpool to eight trophies during his nine-year spell - achieving domestic, European and world successCredit: Getty

Klopp was highly-sought after during his spell at Borussia Dortmund from 2008-2015 having guided them to back-to-back Bundesliga titles [2011 and 2012] as well as the DFB-Pokal in 2012.

And he earned rave reviews for taking the German giants to the Champions League final at Wembley in 2013, with his side falling to a late defeat against rivals Bayern Munich.

His free-flowing attacking philosophy caught the eye of United, who were looking to replace the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford the same year.

But Klopp has declared that United's 'big club' attitude put him off, as well as the fact that he would have been overseeing a project that wasn't his, along with wanting to...