Jurgen Klopp deal for this star player, free transfer move to the Red's gone sour

I had been moved to Liverpool, but the signature was gone

06/12/2022, 05:24 PM +00:00

With 69 goals scored between them, Jurgen Klopp's front three of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Roberto Firmino had a memorable season in 2018–19. But in the end, it was determined by the goals of a man who played for just 669 minutes over the entire season, Origi returned from a quiet loan with VfL Wolfsburg, declined a move to Wolves,

And quickly integrated back into the Merseyside group. He went on to score seven goals, including an unforgettable brace against Barcelona, In the end, his second in the second leg of the Champions League semifinal affected not only his future but also Kruse's, who has recalled the circumstances, as quoted by En Son Haber.

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With a free move from Werder Bremen set up, he stated, "We had been speaking with Jurgen Klopp since February. "I felt as though I had been moved to Liverpool, but the signature was gone. It would be the apex of my professional life but things took a totally different turn,"The Sturridge and Origi team was going to be sold, and I was going to sign," Kruse continued. They had that in mind.

"Later in the season, Origi began to score a lot of goals. The team changed its mind after these goals. It had been reported that Liverpool was one of the clubs interested in Kruse during the second half of the season, as Daniel Sturridge's own contract was about to expire, but as the now 34-year-old continued to detail, Origi's uptick in form prompted him to be let down gently by Klopp himself.

My move to Liverpool didn't take place

"Jurgen called me and apologized to me, Max. The choice is to retain Origi. Sadly, we won't be able to sign you," stated Kruse, "My move to Liverpool didn't take place at the last second. I felt quite angry. Kruse finally signed with Fenerbahce, but a dispute over unpaid wages caused him to break his contract early. He then joined Union Berlin and returned to the Bundesliga, following a return to Bremen in January of this year, his contract was amicably terminated at the end of November as a result of a dispute with manager Niko Kovac.