Jurgen Klopp was within the stands to help former membership Dortmund of their Champions League remaining defeat to Actual Madrid, turning down “a fortune” to take action.
Klopp made his first look since departing Liverpool on Saturday as he attended the Champions League remaining at Wembley.
The previous Reds supervisor was noticed within the stands and given a heat reception from Dortmund supporters, earlier than becoming a member of a rendition of You’ll By no means Stroll Alone pre-match.
His presence was anticipated, however Klopp did obtain different gives for work on the Champions League remaining – together with “a fortune” to function a TV pundit.
That’s in response to LFCTV commentator and UEFA media advisor John Bradley, who relayed a narrative he was advised through his private Twitter account.
Heard a beautiful story about Jurgen Klopp at weekend. Supplied a fortune to do TV for UCL remaining however turned it down. Was given the chance to be a part of UEFA VVIP’s….his response ‘Eden Terzic was all the time there to help my Dortmund, so I’m going as a fan to help his Dortmund’
— John Bradley (@jbradleymedia) June 3, 2024
The broadcaster added that Klopp was provided a spot amongst UEFA’s ‘VVIPs’ for the night time, however most popular his place in a field behind the followers alongside his household.
Bradley defined: “His response [was] ‘Edin Terzic was all the time there to help my Dortmund, so I’m going as a fan to help his Dortmund’.”
Dortmund boss Terzic is a lifelong supporter, and together with holding a lot of roles with the membership together with as youth coach throughout Klopp’s time in cost, he has usually adopted as a fan.
That included for the 2013 remaining at Wembley that noticed Klopp’s Dortmund fall to a slim 2-1 defeat to Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich.
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Klopp backed up his phrases with a submit to his Instagram story earlier than kickoff, writing: “Tonight I’m a fan!”
The 56-year-old plans to spend his trip of labor travelling together with his household, for whom he’s constructing a home on the Spanish island of Majorca, in addition to merely having fun with soccer once more.
“I’ll come and watch video games, and if whoever is the subsequent supervisor [of Liverpool] doesn’t like having me within the stands, this time, I couldn’t be bothered,” he defined final month.
“I don’t assume he’ll, but it surely was all the time a bit [like that] once I was at Mainz – and I used to be at Dortmund at the moment anyway, you don’t go as a Dortmund supervisor to observe Mainz video games.
“Then I used to be at Dortmund and got here to Liverpool, had no time to go to Dortmund – so I’ll go there and watch soccer video games [too].”
