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Jurgen Klopp has claimed Manchester United were interested in him before he was appointed Liverpool manager 'but it didn't feel right'.

Klopp's mentor, Eckhard Krautzun, previously revealed it was his protégé's dream to manage United and claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson was particularly impressed by his Dortmund side while watching the 2012 German Cup final.

United instead appointed David Moyes, who lasted just 10 months in the job, as the wily Scot's successor while Klopp went on to lead Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles.

And the 50-year-old has now revealed how close he came to succeeding Moyes before eventually being named as Liverpool's new manager in 2015.

"Manchester United? Yes they were interested a year or a year-and-a-half before, but it didn’t feel right," he told Sky Sports.

"I couldn’t say Man United is not my club, it didn’t feel right. When Liverpool called, I had no chance.

"It was actually too early for my plans. I said, ‘Wow, come on!’ But then coming here and feeling the spirit immediately, it was just, for me, a match in heaven."

United appointed van Gaal as Moyes' successor in the summer of 2014. The Dutchman spent two seasons at Old Trafford, winning the FA Cup, before being replaced by Jose Mourinho.

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