Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has finally broken his silence on past rumors that he wanted to sign Julian Brandt over Mohamed Salah.
This does not appear to be entirely accurate, with Klopp insisting that he and Liverpool also spoke to Brandt, but claims that he was not satisfied with signing Salah are untrue.
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The Egyptian international is now one of Liverpool’s all-time greats after an incredible career at Anfield. During that time, he scored 255 goals in 435 games, winning two Premier League titles and the Champions League.
Brandt is a great player, but he hasn’t proven to fall into that category, so LFC fans will surely be relieved that that trade didn’t happen, but how close was it?
Jurgen Klopp talks about the story of Julian Brandt and Mohamed Salah
Klopp revealed that Liverpool were considering a number of options before finally settling on Salah, with the German insisting it was completely standard.
“There’s always talk of wanting to sign Julian Brandt or something like that,” Klopp told Anfield Wrap.
“Here’s the situation. When you buy a winger, you talk to seven or eight people. Yes, we spoke to Julian Brandt, but we also talked to Mo Salah. We didn’t sign him (Salah) because he (Brandt) didn’t want it.”
“I don’t care what people think, but in that moment we were 100 percent sure that he was the one, probably more sure than we were in that moment, because he was there, at least not with us, but probably in our hearts.”
Is Mohamed Salah in your all-time Premier League eleven?
We’ve put together the Premier League eleven so far with Salah on the right side, but would you put him there compared to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham?
Salah will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the best players of the Premier League era, but how does he really differ from legendary figures like Wayne Rooney and Thierry Henry? Let us know your opinion in the comments!
