Jurgen Klopp is a huge fan of Lionel Messi. But it seems that despite his admiration for the forward, and the fact he's been linked with the Barcelona manager's job, he'll be staying put at Liverpool.
Barcelona presidential candidate Jordi Farre recently claimed the Catalan giants held talks with Liverpool boss Klopp before handing the role of head coach to Ronald Koeman.
Klopp would no doubt love to work alongside Messi, who he previously rated above Cristiano Ronaldo as the world's best. Klopp previously told German YouTube channel freekickerz: "The explanation is the following: We've played against both [Messi and Ronaldo] already and both are almost impossible to defend. "But Messi has much lower physical requirements from birth.
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