Jurgen Klopp has revealed he turned down Bayern Munich’s overtures.
Klopp will lead Liverpool into their eighth showpiece since his arrival six-and-a-half years ago when they take on Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup final clash.
Should they succeed in overhauling Manchester City in the Premier League title race, the German also stands on the cusp of an unprecedented quadruple
The reigning champions hold a three-point lead and a goal difference of seven on their North West rivals ahead of the remaining two games of the season.
But Klopp insists that he prefers the nature of his work at Anfield to offers of guaranteed success elsewhere, including from his former Bundesliga nemesis.
He said: “Which club should I go to, to have a different situation?
“The only thing I could do is ask Pep [Guardiola] if he is sick of all that winning and I take over at City. That wouldn’t work, I don’t want to do it.
“I could have gone to Bayern a few times, [where] I could have won more titles in my life, pretty sure I would say – a good chance at least.
“I didn’t do it. I had a contract here and I never did it.
“The world is not full of winners, the world is full of triers hopefully. And I try and sometimes I win with other people together.
“I am happy with that. I am not always positive; give me a second and I will find a reason for optimism, that’s probably true, but that’s it.
“This club went through incredibly tough periods and always hit back and if people can’t appreciate the time we are in or the team they have I would really feel for them, because it’s fantastic what the boys do.
“If you saw the Aston Villa game, the situation we are in, you could write books about the resilience of these boys.
“One-nil down, everything looks like: ‘Ah, this time.’ But no, we are three points away [from City] and seven goals. We will try.
“We cannot do more and I can enjoy that. If people can’t, I cannot change that.”