"Yeah, I spoke to them. In the year when Sir Alex retired, they spoke to me. Yeah, 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. My God, they probably thought, what is he doing there?"
"They tried. It was the wrong time, wrong moment for me. I had a contract at Dortmund, I wouldn't"
Jurgen Klopp held talks about the Manchester United managerial vacancy in 2013 while thriving at Borussia Dortmund after winning two Bundesliga titles and reaching the Champions League final. He was one of several candidates but declined the opportunity after being unimpressed by the club’s presented project, especially its transfer plans. Manchester United appointed David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson’s preferred successor; Moyes lasted ten months before being sacked. Multiple permanent and interim managers followed before Ruben Amorim’s arrival. Klopp remained at Dortmund until 2015, then joined Liverpool and won the Premier League, Champions League and several other major trophies.
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