Jurgen Klopp did not wish to signal Mohamed Salah in 2017 – and he as an alternative had his eyes on a distinct participant.
Salah had been rebuilding his profession in Italy with Roma, following a disastrous spell at Chelsea. However, he seemingly hadn’t executed sufficient to catch the attention of Klopp – who was as an alternative believed to be eager to signal Julian Brandt, who was then at Bayer Leverkusen.
“When he initially got here in, an attention-grabbing one was Mohamed Salah and Klopp is open about this,” former Reds defender Jamie Carragher told the Stick to Football podcast. “He didn’t wish to signal him, he needed Julian Brandt.
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“Liverpool had tried to sign Salah before he went to Chelsea and the people behind the scenes at Liverpool were still there and Salah then went to Roma, and they were very adamant that they had to sign this player. You look at what Mohamed Salah has done, but it could have easily gone the other way.
“I do really feel that this concept that managers can buy each participant isn’t proper, however a supervisor shouldn’t have a participant pushed on him.
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“I don’t think a manager should just be able to do what he wants, you look at Manchester United and it’s worrying, it feels as if he’s [Erik ten Hag] just bought every player he knows.”
Liverpool’s bit of business appears to have been the correct decision with Salah’s inspiration propelling the Reds to their first ever Premier League title in 2020. Under Klopp, Salah has additionally conquered Europe in addition to successful the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
Julian Brandt, in the meantime, had excessive expectations for his profession as a teenager – and regardless of some good performances he has in the end didn’t dwell as much as the hype. Brandt presently seems for Borussia Dortmund.