In an interview with the Norwegian channel TV 2, the coach of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopprevealed the efforts he made to sign him Martin Odegaard at 15 at Borussia Dortmund and how he eventually ended up at Real Madrid.
“I really like Odegard. He struggled quite a bit at the beginning of his career at Real Madrid and seemed to lose his way and I was really disappointed for him because I wanted him at Dortmund when he was very young“, the German coach said, detailing how he knows Martin Odegaard before he started his professional career, saying: “…we used to talk a lot with Martin and his father when he was still a child. He then chose Real Madrid, but all is well, that’s why I’ve been following his career since it started».
“I’m not sure, you’ll have to ask him, maybe I was too honest with him then“, answered the 55-year-old, for the reason he chose Real Madrid over Borussia Dortmund, while adding: “I told him that he was still a child, that he was still going to school and that it would be important to build a nice environment around him so that he could develop and grow».
“If you compare the city of Dortmund with the city of Madrid, maybe I would go to Madrid too“, he said jokingly.
Edited by: Kostas Bafaloukas
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