Jürgen Klopp denies being wooed by Michael Edwards

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Liverpool gaffer Jurgen Klopp denied rumours that incoming chief executive of football, Michael Edwards, wooed him in any way.

Klopp formerly announced his end-of-the-season departure to the surprise of global fans, but rumours started spreading after Edwards was expected to return to Merseyside.

Edwards is a former Sporting director at Liverpool who left in 2022. He worked together with Klopp in the past to hire legs that won both the Premier League and Champions League for the club.

It was a natural thing for people to expect him to desire working beside his former colleague. However, Klopp replied as follows when asked whether attempts to woo him were carried our by Edwards:

‘No. It was not a subject to talk about. Can you imagine if I changed my mind now? I don’t say these things without thinking.

‘We always had a really good relationship, it was very good on professional basis anyway. Lots of good things happened when we were together and then he decided to do something else.

‘Now he’s back, I’m really happy. I want to see the club in the best possible place after I leave. It’s a top solution.’

Liverpool lingers behind Premier League leaders Arsenal on the league table, but has an identical number of points with the Londoners.

Things are also getting better for the team especially following Mohamed Salah’s return from injury.

‘We want to play the best possible football game,’ Klopp recently said while talking about Salah. ‘That’s always how we decide the line-up. I couldn’t tell you in this moment what I would do, even if I wanted to. We had a few players yesterday that needed an extra day.

‘Let’s see how they are today. The idea of the line-up will be to have the best legs. We need to keep rhythm and keep going. Don’t think about next game on Sunday, even when it is Manchester United.

‘He’s [Salah] ready to start but I’m not sure if he should do 90 minutes. He could have started the last game, but I’m not sure for how long. I’ve never had a game where I’ve thought, “Ah good, Mo Salah is not playing”.

‘If he gets 90 minutes, it depends how it looks in the game. He can normally play game after game. We have to make sure we can rely on him consistently again.’

Klopp seems to have made up his mind to leave the club, and might never look back.