Liverpool tried a desperate move to retain Klopp: they opened their wallet

Last Friday, the technician Jurgen Klopp surprised the football world after announcing that at the end of this season (next May) he will leave the bench of the Liverpool.

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The German coach made the announcement on the official website of Liverpool, The decision comes after eight and a half successful years. Klopp led the club to win the first Premier League in the history of Liverpool, after 30 years of drought in the league England. Furthermore, he won the Champions League in 2019.

In an interview with the English club's media, Klopp He said he had a message for the fans: “I will leave the club at the end of the season. I can understand that it is a shock to a lot of people at the moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it – or at least try to explain it.” .

In his heartfelt message to the fans, with whom he has a close relationship, the German said: “I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our fans, I love the team, I love the staff. I love everything. But the fact that I still make this decision shows you that I am convinced that it is the one I have to make. I'm running out of energy, how can I put it?“.

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Liverpool owner tried to convince Klopp

This Monday, the newspaper Liverpool Echo revealed an unpublished conversation that the DT had Jurgen Klopp with the club owner Mike Gordon. As explained in Englandthe Colombian coach Luis Diaz He announced his decision last November to the club so that the directors had time to look for his replacement.

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The aforementioned media explained: “Some time after Jurgen Klopp will inform Mike Gordon of his surprising intention to end a brilliant period at Anfield, the owner of the Liverpool I was on the other end of the line once again. After initially accepting the decision in a long and serious conversation, the president of Fenway Sports Group, In what was said to be a more jocular exchange, he spoke again on the phone with Klopp shortly after”.

The call between the two most important men in the world Liverpool It would have been short, but clear: “The American offered to open his checkbook and change (Klopp's) opinion,” but the coach reportedly told him that his decision was immovable.

The details of the million-dollar offer that would have brought him closer are not known. Mike Gordon Yes, it was very juicy. Currently, the 56-year-old strategist He earns around £15 million a year (more than €18 million).

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