Back in 2017, after being turned down by his three initial targets, Jurgen Klopp signed his FOURTH choice when Mo Salah agreed! 👀
, confirmed on Wednesday, brings an end to their era but it wouldn't have actually happened if one of three prefered targets had moved to Anfield before the club turned to Salah."Liverpool scouted about 15 wide players between missing out on"Liverpool scouted about 15 wide players between missing out on Salah and signing him.
"Klopp has conceded that it was Dave Fallows, head of scouting and recruitment, Barry Hunter, the chief scout, and Michael Edwards, the sporting director, whose background checks extended to spying missions at training camps as well as matches, who constantly pushed his case. "[He joined] only after Liverpool had looked at other targets. Borussia Dortmund refused to let Christian Pulisic leave, Julian Draxler was pursued last January [2017], opting to move instead to Paris Saint-Germain from Wolfsburg, and Julian Brandt chose to stay atSalah and Mane may never have won the Champions League together. Image: Alamy
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