German Tactician Explains Reasons For Chelsea and Ci Rejection Vanessa Keller Jurgen Klopp says he said no to Ch Manchester City because he believe Borussia Dortmund are like a family Jurgen Klopp has revealed he said managing Manchester City and Ch with the German tactician choosin stay at a Borussia Dortmund side he claims is like a family. Klopp like may managers will be aware with the pressure that com managing under billionaire owners excepting immediate success, and he has had unprecedented success own with Dortmund the 46 year o become hot property for clubs loo a new man in the dugout. Chelsea and Manchester City both new managers for the 2013-14 s Jose Mourinho and Manuel Pellegr respectively and Klopp says that h wouldnt want to go to either club because he feels so at home at Do I am 46 and have been coaching level for four years, he told the S didnt start out thinking this team be champions. I didnt think, Oh, when we are champions where can I go? If yo about other clubs, you also have t about what you have here. And it not be much better anywhere else Its not possible. Because at this moment, in this stadium, with this managing director [Hans-Joachim Watzke] and this technical directo [Michael Zorc], everything fits. Absolutely. Maybe Roman Abramovich is a g guy... sometimes. Or anybody else really, I have footballers at the top. Nobody tells me after a defeat h that happen? They know it can ha Sometimes we lose and we feel r awful. Together. Klopp went so far as to claim that didnt even want to talk to clubs li Chelsea and City over taking the managerial position, insisting that t isnt just about how much money i the table. There were some English clubs t called and wanted to speak with explained. But there was no reas talk to them because... No chance. Its only hard to understand if yo always think I can go to a bigger Im sure you could earn much mo money at one or the other English or at a Chinese or Russian club. But its not the most important th Money is important, of course. I a Mahatma Gandhi. If somebody told two years ago some time they wi you, I would have said impossibl then they called and it was nothin In life you have to be at the right at the right moment. And I am at right place at the right moment. Klopps Dortmund has had unprec success since the manager moved club from Mainz in 2008. They w titles in a row under the noses of giants Bayern Munich and made th Champions League final after smas Real Madrid in the semis to face o their Bundesliga rivals. But with Bayern taking their best of the 2012-13 season in Mario G last summer this will be a particul challenging season for the club yet Klopp looks to continue to compet the rampant Bavarians for trophies
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