Thousands of professional footballers dream of playing for six-time European champions Liverpool – yet Jurgen Klopp’s side don’t always get their way in the transfer market
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admitted he was “very angry” with himself after failing to sign Ajax star Dusan Tadic in the summer 2018.
Klopp made the shock confession after his team’s comprehensive 3-0 victory against Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday evening. Tadic failed to make a meaningful impact during the game, as Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott found the net.
Liverpool’s win was enough to secure their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, but Klopp’s comments left Mirror Football recalling which other players the German has missed out on in the past. Here are six stars that got away from the Reds.
There’s only one place to start. “I was very angry with myself when he [Tadic] went to Ajax because I was also interested in him,” Klopp told Dutch broadcaster RTL after Wednesday evening’s game. “I love him as a player.”