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Revealed: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp turned down Man Utd approach from Sir Alex Ferguson
JURGEN KLOPP rebuffed an approach from Sir Alex Ferguson to succeed him as Manchester United manager.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool sit three points and three places behind Man Utd heading into the weekend
As he prepared for Liverpool's showdown with United tomorrow, Klopp said his loyalty to Borussia Dortmund had been too strong to encourage Ferguson's advances in 2013.
"We spoke," said Klopp. "It was a big honour, the whole talk, but I could not leave Dortmund. That is it.
"You are in April and you are in the middle of the planning for next season. You have this player and this player and this player who is coming, but then you are not there any more? That doesn't work. Not in my life.
"I did not hear about a real offer but, if there was, I could not have done it.