'Would have loved': Jurgen Klopp says there’s one player he sold at Liverpool he wishes he had more time with

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Jurgen Klopp got to work with some of the modern greats to wear the Liverpool shirt, but there’s one former Red he ‘would have loved’ to keep around longer. While Liverpool’s best era came during the 70s and 80s, the team Klopp presided over was up there with the very best in terms of sheer lethality.

There is another former Liverpool star whom Klopp laments not getting to coach for longer. Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Jurgen Klopp explains how special Philippe Coutinho was at Liverpool We were all devastated when Coutinho decided to leave Liverpool in 2018.

Klopp accepts that Philippe Coutinho’s sale opened the door for Liverpool The pain of losing Coutinho was eased somewhat by the nine-figure fee they attracted from Barcelona. Liverpool likely wouldn’t have dominated in the manner they did if not for that fateful sale, but Coutinho was one of the most entertaining players we got to enjoy at Anfield.