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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\nNowadays, we have all grown somewhat used to the best players on the planet wanting to play for Liverpool. Sure, we never managed to get Lionel Messi through the door, but the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola have all turned down more lucrative contracts with Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain respectively in order to line up in Red.<\/p>\n
Now it has emerged that we came remarkably close to signing Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a>, all because the player\u2019s mum liked J\u00fcrgen Klopp and wanted her son to make Anfield his home<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was back in 2017<\/a> that Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 was preparing to leave Monaco, meaning that suitors from all over were keen to secure his signature. The Reds pulled out all of the stops to try to persuade the attacker to sign for Liverpool, taking a private jet from Blackpool to Nice in order to get him and his entourage on board, flying around and around so that they couldn\u2019t be seen together, as J\u00fcrgen Klopp spoke to the French teenager about his plans for the future and where Mbapp\u00e9 would fit into them.<\/p>\nMum Knows Best<\/h2>\n
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![\u042d\u0434\u0433\u0430\u0440 \u0411\u0440\u0435\u0449\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt was back in 2017<\/a> that Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 was preparing to leave Monaco, meaning that suitors from all over were keen to secure his signature. The Reds pulled out all of the stops to try to persuade the attacker to sign for Liverpool, taking a private jet from Blackpool to Nice in order to get him and his entourage on board, flying around and around so that they couldn\u2019t be seen together, as J\u00fcrgen Klopp spoke to the French teenager about his plans for the future and where Mbapp\u00e9 would fit into them.<\/p>\n\n@footballrepublictv<\/a>I WAS CLOSE TO PLAYING FOR LIVERPOOL!\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 Reveals What Nearly Happen\u266c original sound \u2013 Football Republic TV<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\nFor his part, the player said<\/a>, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to convince me. You\u2019re J\u00fcrgen Klopp, it\u2019s Liverpool, a great club, so of course if I\u2019m here, I have some interest. But I have other things, other projects, that are also good.\u201d<\/em> One of those \u2018other projects\u2019 turned out to be Paris Saint-Germain, whom Mbapp\u00e9 chose to sign for instead because he was only 18 years old and didn\u2019t want to leave France. Having been born and raised in Paris, he wanted to prove to the world that he could be a star in his hometown.<\/p>\nIt was at a time that Liverpool already boasted an attack of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Man\u00e9, so adding Mbapp\u00e9 to it would have made us virtually unbeatable. In fact, we went on to become champions of England, Europe and the world without the French forward, who would have been a case of gilding the lily rather than an out-and-out requirement. His mum had been to Anfield and spent time in the city, telling her son that it was the place he should go before he decided that home comforts mattered more than pleasing his own mother.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kylian_Mbapp%C3%A9_with_the_2018_Soccer_World_Cup_trophy.jpg\"){kind=link}