Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Jurgen Klopp rules out Chelsea switch - The Sun

JURGEN KLOPP has ruled out a move to become Chelsea's next manager.

The Borussia Dortmund boss has been linked with a switch to Stamford Bridge in the last two years after back-to-back Bundesliga titles.

And with the future of interim manager Rafa Benitez still up in the air, a summer move for Klopp by Roman Abramovich has been mooted.

But the German has poured cold water over any potential exit from Dortmund before 2016.

He said: "I have a contract until 2016. I have said 20 times I'll definitely stay until 2016.

"Everybody thinks I say it but that if a club like Chelsea or Real Madrid come in for me, I will go. This is something I can't change but they will see.

"I was the coach at Mainz before Dortmund for seven years. Each year I could have left for a Bundesliga club but I said 'no, I have a contract, I will stay'.

"I enjoy what I'm doing here at Dortmund. It's a great club, a great city, everything is okay.

"It is a really big honour for me, coming from a small village called Bretten in the Black Forest where 1,500 people live, that somebody thinks I can train Chelsea.

"It's not a normal story, it's a special story. But I don't think about it.

"I had this situation when I was in Mainz. It's not about the money for me. I have enough to eat three times a day! It's a big honour, but in this moment I'm not on the market, I'm sorry!"

Dortmund will have been boosted by their manager's intention to stay put.

And the club's sporting director Michael Zorc has told Chelsea not to waste their time in making an approach for Klopp.

He said: "It is not worth Chelsea ringing us. There is no chance at all, at least until 2016.

"Even if they offered compensation the answer would still be no.

"Even though we are not a bank with too much money, we don't need it.

"That's our situation. He's priceless. We are committed to each other — we gave our word.

"He won't stop his work here just because Chelsea offer him a lot of money — that is not the way he thinks.

"Before he was at Dortmund, he was at Mainz for seven years.

"It is not the most attractive club in the world but he stuck to it because he has a long-term view and likes to develop and create an era."

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