Before he joined Liverpool Jurgen Klopp's "dream" English club to manage was Manchester United, not the Anfield outfit, according to the German's Mainz predecessor and coaching mentor Eckhard Krautzun.
Krautzun revealed that former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was also well aware of Klopp's preference and said the Scot became a big admirer of the former Mainz boss when he helmed Borussia Dortmund's 5-2 victory over Bayern Munich in the 2012 German Cup final, per Archie Rhind-Tutt on The Set Pieces:
"It would be his dream to go to England one day and his favourite club would be [Manchester] United.