Borussia Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke tried everything to convince Jurgen Klopp to make a return this season.
The former Liverpool manager has been named Red Bull's global head of football.
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But Watzke made an attempt to bring the German back to Dortmund before the Red Bull announcement.
BILD says Watzke offered the 57-year-old a blank job some time ago. In the event that he were to leave Liverpool, he could come to Dortmund and take up a position of his choosing.
Klopp would be given a job "tailored to his needs" or he would even be proposed as Watzke's successor in management.
But Klopp immediately declined. After his time at Anfield, a commitment "to a single club" was no longer an option for him.