Jurgen Klopp reveals that he could have become Manchester United manager

Jurgen Klopp has revealed he was once
approached to become Manchester United
manager, but did not want to leave Borussia
Dortmund at the time. The 48-year-old will coach
Liverpool against its fierce rival for the first time
on Sunday after replacing Brendan Rodgers at the
helm in October.
Klopp received multiple offers after leaving
Germany but was also in demand while still in
charge at Dortmund, and admitted that United
was one of the clubs who had expressed an
interest "in April" - likely of 2013, when Sir Alex
Ferguson was due to retire.
“We spoke," he told reporters. "We spoke
not a lot but, for me, it was a lot. It was a
big honor, the whole talk, to be honest.
"There was a time [when United was
interested] 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.
I did not hear about a real offer but, if
there was, I could not have done it. I first
had to finish the job with Dortmund and
then think about other things.
"Maybe that is not the smart way but that
is my way. Of course I was loyal to
Dortmund. It was the same at Mainz.”
Klopp admitted he sympathizes with the scrutiny
being placed on his ex-Bayern Munich counterpart
Louis van Gaal amid United's run of one win in
eight matches.
“The pressure Van Gaal is under has an
effect on your whole life but, in my case,
not on how I handle my team or anything
like this," he stated. "It is always the case if
things don’t run the way you want – you
have to think about whether to change
things or not to change. Both decisions are
really important.
"Life is not that nice. I know the whole
world is watching football managers and
thinking: ‘They are really well paid’, so no
one cares about a manager’s feelings.
"It’s like with you [the media] with me when
I came here. First it’s ‘yeah!’ Then it’s ‘erm’,
then it might be ‘ooh’, so then I am alone
on the side and we might have the same
situation here."