Manchester United Summer Signing Reveals How Jurgen Klopp Blocked His Liverpool Move

Jan 17, 2017 at 1:53 AM

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Manchester United Summer Signing Reveals How Jurgen Klopp Blocked His Liverpool Move

Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has revealed how a personal visit from Jurgen Klopp stopped him from joining Liverpool.

The Armenian was up against his former boss at Old Trafford on Sunday, but they could well have been on the same side at Liverpool had Brendan Rodgers been successful with his phone calls to him.

“I spoke two or three times on the phone to Rodgers, he was saying he really wanted me and that I would get to play with Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard,” Mkhitaryan told the Daily Mail.

“Half of me thought I had to go there, the other half was not so confident, that the gap to the Premier League might be too big for a skinny player from the Ukrainian League.

“Two weeks later, Klopp broke off his holiday on an island next to Denmark to come and see me in Dortmund.

I knew he had a good reputation for working with younger players and, after we met, I felt more comfortable to sign for Dortmund. I think I made the right decision.”

Mkhitaryan also said he has a lot of respect for Klopp as he helped him with the mental aspect of the game.

“He was always next to you if there were playing problems or life problems. He is a good person,” he added.

“In particular, he helped me a lot because I was thinking too much about football. I took defeats too seriously, I would obsess about any chances I missed.

“He told me that it is just life and I had to let it go because when the next chance comes, I needed to be in the right frame of mind to take it.

“I learned to realise that everyone makes mistakes in life and you cannot worry on the pitch. You have to forget about it.”

 

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