Super jackpot Son Heung-min (Manchester United) Park Ji-sung's successor failed to recruit SON, the worst mistake of my life. Klopp first confessed to Ferguson

Oct 21, 2025

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If manager Jurgen Klopp had headed to Manchester United, not Liverpool, Son Heung-min's trend would have been possible.

Sky Sports in the U.K. on the 21st (Korea time) paid attention to Klopp's remarks on the podcast 'Diary of a CEO'.

Klopp revealed for the first time that he had received an offer from Manchester United in the summer of 2013. "It is true that I have spoken to Manchester United. It was the year Alex Ferguson retired, and they were interested in me. I was young at the time, leading a fantastic team at Dortmund. Maybe they're saying, 'What's he doing there?You would have thought '. They tried, but the timing was not right. I was signed by Dortmund, and I didn't intend to leave any team at the time"I got an offer from Manchester United."

Why did Klopp turn down the trend. He "There were several reasons for not accepting the offer. This is because there was a part of what I heard in the conversation that I didn't like. Manchester United said: 'We can bring in all the players we want. That player, that player again, I'm going to bring them all. I was sitting there, but it wasn't the project I wanted. Most of all, it didn't fit my philosophy", he explained.

Klopp went on to say, "'For example, let's bring Paul Pogba back.'" Pogba is such a fantastic player, but that doesn't usually work out that way. The same goes for Cristiano Ronaldo. The idea was to gather all the best players and make a team. That was not the way I sought it."

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It's a consequential story, but if Klopp accepted the trend at this time, Son Heung-min's career could have been different. Coach Klopp has been pushing to recruit Son Heung-min since his time at Dortmund. He tried to recruit Son Heung-min, who was showing potential in Hamburg. However, it was mixed at the time when Son Heung-min chose to move to Bayer Leverkusen.

Coach Klopp also tried to recruit Son Heung-min when he was in Liverpool. Coach Klopp said he was sorry that Son Heung-min was not recruited several times. Coach Klopp also mentioned Son Heung-min just four days ago. He added, `The only player who regrets failing to sign from Liverpool is Son Heung-min. He would have been really good with Liverpool." It was a statement that Klopp's love for Son Heung-min was felt.

Even during his time in Liverpool, he really appreciated Son Heung-min to the point where he mentioned, `One of the biggest mistakes in my life is not signing Son Heung-min.' If Manchester United accepted Klopp's direction and gave Klopp a choice, it would have been possible to recruit Son Heung-min.

This is because Manchester United also had a need to recruit Asian players as Park Ji-sung left. Son Heung-min, who used Ronaldo as a role model and liked Manchester United while watching Park Ji-sung play since he was young, would not have rejected Manchester United's offer. It's impossible now, but Son Heung-min, wearing a Manchester United uniform, is excited just to imagine.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.