JURGEN KLOPP would not be remotely interested in swapping the Liverpool hotseat for Real Madrid.
JURGEN KLOPP would not be remotely interested in swapping the Liverpool hotseat for Real Madrid.
Those are the thoughts of Liverpool’s former managing director Christian Purslow.
Real Madrid were left stunned on Thursday when Zinedine Zidane announced he would be quitting the Bernabeu giants, just days after guiding them to their 13th European Cup win in Kiev.
A number of names have come to the fore as potential targets, including Germany coach Joachim Low, Klopp and Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Reports emerged on Friday indicating Klopp could be swayed as he is impressed with the direction the club is taking.
But Purslow is convinced Klopp won’t leave Anfield anytime soon.
“The key difference I think for the last five, 10, 15, 20 years, is the sheer amount of wealth in the Premier League means there's no economic reason for those managers to move to Real Madrid," Purslow said.
"It boils down to prestige, trophies and where they see the potential of their current situation.
"There is no way I think Jurgen Klopp is going to be tempted to move given the season he's just come off."
However, Purslow isn’t so sure whether Pochettino could reject Real.
He added: “I'm less certain about Pochettino. I saw his comments today and he didn't exactly dismiss it.
"He's got a long-term contract - well done Daniel Levy. It would cost Madrid a huge amount of money to sign Pochettino, to break that contract.
"But I think if they offer Spurs £50m and he wanted to go, stranger things have happened in football."
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