Klopp was at university and playing part-time football when Julian Nagelsmann, manager of Liverpool's Champions League last-16 opponents RB Leipzig, was born in 1987. At 33, Nagelsmann is younger than Liverpool players James Milner and Adrian and has already been courted by Real Madrid. In his first full season, they qualified for the Champions League - only to be eliminated in the play-off round by Klopp's Liverpool. 'It wasn't easy to say no to Real'Success with Hoffenheim led to a move to RB Leipzig in 2019 and that run to the semi-finals of the Champions League. "With Hoffenheim, we only won one continental game, so to be the next manager of Real Madrid was not the right next step.

Source: BBC February 16, 2021 09:11 UTC