Jürgen Klopp has really started sharing his anecdotes from his Liverpool days. After France’s win against Morocco, Champion Klopp spoke about Kylian Mbappé’s near-signing with Liverpool.
We well remember when Klopp as Liverpool manager snorted at the rumours that the club was going to sign Mbappé. Then Klopp brought up the “Liverpool can’t afford a signing like that” explanation. On the Magenta.Tv after the quarter-final in which Mbappé was behind one of France’s goals, Klopp tells a different version. The version about how close Liverpool actually were to signing the world star.
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Klopp confirms Liverpool were close to Kylian Mbappé signing
There is talk of the time when Mbappé played for AS Monaco.
“It’s the most expensive transfer that never came to fruition that Liverpool have invested. We flew from Blackpool to Nice and the whole Mbappé family joined us on a private plane. There were five rooms on the plane, or something like that. We really hit the big drum. We flew around in circles, talked to the family and ate good food. We couldn’t be seen. It was fantastic. And then he chose PSG,” Klopp reminisces.
For around 180 million euros.
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