Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has disclosed that he turned down the chance to coach the Germany national team because he wanted to build a new team at Anfield.. Speaking with Welt am Sonntag, the German tactician stated that he was never ready to turn his back on Liverpool when things were tough.. “The season before had not gone so well at Liverpool. I could have said yes, because it might have been better to do something else,” Klopp recalled, when speaking to Welt am Sonntag.. Read Also: Osayi-Samuel To Join Besiktas On Free Transfer. “I didn’t want it. And that wasn’t necessarily because I didn’t want to be a national coach, but I couldn’t just leave Liverpool.. “There was a team, there were people I was close to. We had brought in new players, including Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister. I wanted to make a new core team with them. That was important to me and it worked.”. Asked about a return to the bench, Klopp replied: “No.. “I loved my job. But I don’t miss anything at the moment. ”
