Liverpool's legendary former manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed why he once turned down talks to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Klopp, who left Anfield in the summer of 2024 after nine fruitful years at the club, opened up on his time in Liverpool while appearing on Steve Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast on Monday. During his chat with the British entrepreneur, the former Reds boss revealed he was approached by Manchester United in 2013 while he was head coach of Borussia Dortmund - but ultimately chose to turn the project down. Revealing he once had an opportunity to join United, Klopp said: 'In the year when Sir Alex retired, they spoke to me. 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. They probably thought, "What is he doing there?" 'Later on I heard that my players - James Milner and Adam Lallana - they flew to Real Madrid when we (Dortmund) had a semi-final there in ...