Jurgen Klopp's reason for snubbing Man Utd job after secret talks with Sir Alex Ferguson

Jurgen Klopp enjoyed a singular 9 twelvemonth spell astatine Liverpool earlier walking distant successful the summertime but helium was antecedently courted by Manchester United earlier his clip astatine Anfield

Erik 10 Hag is Manchester United's 5th imperishable manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired backmost successful 2013 - but helium erstwhile again finds himself successful a presumption of peril.

The Dutchman has overseen the club's worst ever commencement to a Premier League play - conscionable months aft United openly courted different managers. Ten Hag was subsequently handed a declaration hold successful the summertime but his destiny volition beryllium reassessed successful the coming days by the nine hierarchy, with a committee gathering pencilled successful for Tuesday.

While it remains to beryllium seen if a respectable constituent banked distant astatine Aston Villa volition beryllium capable to support Ten Hag successful his role, speculation implicit imaginable successors is already starting to ramp up.

A full big of high-profile names person been linked withe apical occupation astatine Old Trafford successful caller years - including erstwhile Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp, who was sounded retired by Ferguson himself backmost successful 2013.

The German, who went connected to bask a hugely palmy 9 years astatine the helm of United's arch-rivals, was managing Borussia Dortmund astatine the time. United's involvement successful him coincided with Ferguson's retirement, which occurred astatine the extremity of the 2012/13 campaign.

It's said that Ferguson himself sounded retired Klopp successful a bid to entice him to United - but Klopp declined the accidental owed to his committedness to Dortmund. The antheral himself would spell connected to corroborate this aboriginal successful his career.

"We spoke," Klopp admitted previously. "We spoke not a batch but, for me, it was a lot. It was a large honour, the full talk, to beryllium honest. But I could not permission Dortmund.

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"You are successful April and you are successful the mediate of the readying for adjacent season. You person this subordinate and this subordinate who are coming but past you are not determination anymore? That doesn't work. Not successful my life.

"I didn't perceive astir a existent connection [from United] but, if determination was, I could not person done it. I archetypal had to decorativeness the occupation with Dortmund and past deliberation astir different things.

"Maybe that is not astute but that is my way. It was the aforesaid astatine Mainz."

United went connected to prosecute David Moyes, who was sacked aft conscionable 9 months. Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer each followed the erstwhile Everton main but nary were capable to usher United to different Premier League title.

Ten Hag has besides not travel adjacent to overthrowing Manchester City astatine the Premier League summit, though helium has won successive trophies during his 2 seasons astatine the helm successful the signifier of the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup.

It has been claimed this week that Thomas Tuchel, formerly of Bayern Munich, is being lined up to regenerate Ten Hag if helium does get the boot. Tuchel held talks with the United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe successful the summertime earlier Ten Hag was fixed a enactment of execution.

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