克洛普曾拒絕接替弗格森成為曼聯主帥
《每日電訊》報道，現任利物浦主帥克洛普曾在2013年弗格森退休時拒絕過成為曼聯主帥的機會。
在弗格森宣布退休的一個月前，時任多特主帥的克洛普被試探過成為弗格森繼任者的意向。但令曼聯董事會震驚的是，克洛普表示他想留在德國把拜仁慕尼黑趕下王位。
曼聯告訴克洛普，這是一生一次的機會，而他也不會得到足以撬動拜仁德甲霸主地位的資源，但克洛普稱他已經向多特做出承諾，當時的時機不合適。
拜仁在當年的1月宣布，瓜迪奧拉——曼聯也曾非正式地試探過他的意向——將在下賽季接手球隊，克洛普想挑戰的正是他。當時克洛普連奪兩個賽季的德甲冠軍，還率隊打入歐冠決賽，弗格森對克洛普的戰術風格和性格印象深刻，相信他足以在老特拉福德成功。不過此後克洛普與多特續約至2018年，但他在2014/15賽季後離任。2015年10月，克洛普接手利物浦。
曼聯在任命莫耶斯前還聯繫了范加爾、安切洛蒂和穆里尼奧。當時穆帥稱他已決定重返切爾西，也有消息稱曼聯俱樂部內對他持有保留意見。而安切洛蒂正要前往皇馬接替穆里尼奧，范加爾專注於帶領荷蘭參加世界盃。
接近克洛普的消息源總是說利物浦天然適合克洛普，而據稱穆里尼奧在葡萄牙執教時也想成為利物浦主帥，他把利物浦看作英超的傑出球隊之一。不過，當他成為切爾西主帥穆里尼奧後，尤其是經過兩次在歐冠半決賽中的交鋒，他與利物浦以及紅軍球迷間的關係變得尖刻起來。他還帶領切爾西在安菲爾德擊敗利物浦，擊碎了後者的英超冠軍夢想。
JURGEN KLOPP TURNED DOWN CHANCE TO MANAGE MAN UTD
Jurgen Klopp turned down the chance to become the manager of Manchester United in 2013 when Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
The then Borussia Dortmund coach had been sounded out about the possibility of eventually becoming Ferguson’s successor the month before his retirement was announced but stunned the United hierarchy by informing them that he wanted to stay in Germany to try and knock Bayern Munich off their perch after they had taken back the Bundesliga title from him.
United told Klopp that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with them and, also, that he would not have the resources to challenge Bayern who were reasserting their dominance of the German game. But Klopp said he was committed to Dortmund and the timing was not right for him.
Bayern had announced that January that Pep Guardiola – who United had also sounded out informally during his sabbatical - would be taking over the following season and Klopp wanted to challenge him.
Klopp then signed a contract extension with Dortmund taking him up to 2018 but he quit at the end of the 2014-15 season. He took over at Liverpool that October following the dismissal of Brendan Rodgers and will, of course, be in the home dug out at Anfield for Saturday’s Premier League fixture against United.
The story has re-surfaced following an interview this week in which Eckhard Krautzun, who briefly managed Klopp, at the German club Mainz with Klopp eventually succeeding him in 2001, claiming that the former defender’s ultimate ambition had been to manage United.
Krautzun claimed the pair had stayed in touch over the years and told the Set Pieces website: 「When it comes to his favourite club, however, Liverpool weren』t always number one. It would be his dream to go to England one day and his favourite club would be (Manchester) United. That’s what he said.」
Krautzun also said he was a friend of Ferguson, having first met him at coaching seminar in the 1970s, and had talked up Klopp to him. 「I said 『Jurgen Klopp, if he goes abroad, he goes to England, his love would be Manchester United』.」
However senior sources at United have confirmed to Telegraph Sport that Klopp had his chance four years ago when they were considering what to do in the event of Ferguson’s retirement.
Although David Moyes was quickly appointed after Ferguson’s announcement, with the declaration that he was 「The Chosen One」, the Scot was only hired after United had sounded out, with varying degrees of formality, a number of candidates: Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and also Mourinho - although it depends on who you believe as to whether or not they really wanted him at that time.
Some sources claim that Mourinho was correct in stating he had already decided on a return to Chelsea while others suggest senior figures at United then had their reservations about him and were hesitant.
Louis Van Gaal, who took over from Moyes, was also considered but he was committed to taking Holland to the 2014 World Cup while Ancelotti was heading from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid as Mourinho’s successor.
But Klopp certainly figured prominently in United’s thinking having won back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012 and taken Dortmund to the Champions League Final at Wembley in 2013 where they lost to Bayern, of course.
Ferguson was impressed by Klopp’s style and character and felt he had a big enough personality to succeed at United. He also, of course, endorsed Mourinho and was heavily involved in the eventual choice of Moyes, who only lasted 10 months.
Those close to Klopp have always claimed that Liverpool was a more natural fit for the 50-year-old and he has stated on several occasions that it was the best club for him in the Premier League.
It should also not be forgotten that Mourinho had, at one stage of his career, wanted to become the Liverpool manager. When he coached in Portugal he regarded Liverpool as the pre-eminent club in English football.
However, when he was at Chelsea Mourinho’s relationship with Liverpool and their supporters become acrimonious, especially around the two Champions League semi-finals between the clubs, while he delighted in beating them at Anfield to derail their Premier League title bid under Rodgers in 2014.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/10/12/jurgen-klopp-turned-chance-manage-man-utd/
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