Jürgen Klopp: Would You Go Back To Manage LFC...? The Real Reason I Fell In Love With Liverpool!

It was an intense time. We had to win football games, but all the rest was on my plate as well. I need a break. And you cannot do that in that business. You cannot say, Give me a year, see you later. So it begs the question, Do you think you could ever go back and manage Liverpool again? It's possible. So what would it take?

Okay. You change the club, you change the city. You arrived at a time when clubs were in a period of dysfunction to bring that club back to its glory. And you did that over and over and over again. Now to win in a very decisive moment you have to be the best team, and to be the best team Everybody has to buy into their team and walk through fire together. How do I get people to walk through fire? I better go back to the start. Growing up. My mom was very caring. She loved people and my dad had expectations. The problem was I was absolutely useless in most of the things, even with football. My teammates were better than me. And I thought I only can get on that level if from the first until last minute I was a warrior on the pitch, but it made me the guy I am today.

And so my team plays a little bit more like a heavy metal band because you have ninety minutes and there's no guarantee to get anything. But the only chance to get something is to give you all. So do you want to have the maximum success? Don't waste time with holding back. I wanna know why Manchester United didn't know and tried. But there are some reasons in that conversation which I didn't like. Arnie Slot coming in after you and didn't change much. That's super smart. Not changing much, and all of a sudden you win the league by some distance. But this year Liverpool have spent what 450 odd million. You never had a transfer window like that. Nobody ever told me that it's possible that we can spend that. You seem to always be successful. How does someone succeed you? Wanna be able to become the best team in England, you need to

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