Before the charismatic German left the yellow of Dortmund for the red of Merseyside, he was enticing players away from his future club.
Nuri Sahin joined Liverpool on loan from Real Madrid in 2012, and was an instant hit. Three goals and three assists in his first 12 matches must have had Reds fans licking their lips.
But Liverpool’s current manager, the one that delivered them their first Premier League title and sixth Champions League trophy, snatched him away.
It was Klopp’s German giants Borussia Dortmund that Sahin left to join Madrid in the first place, and he clearly couldn’t resist a homecoming. Speaking to the Express in 2018, the Turkish midfielder outlined his reasons for leaving.
