Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool made a serious attempt to sign Kylian Mbappé in 2017, when the forward was at Monaco. Speaking about the episode, Klopp describes how he and the club’s representatives traveled to meet Mbappé and his family in Nice. He says the journey involved a private plane and recalls feeling as though the flight “flew around in a circle” before they arrived to speak with the family. Both accounts agree that Liverpool’s approach was direct and personal, with a delegation traveling specifically for the meeting rather than relying only on negotiations from afar.
Klopp frames the effort as part of his time at the club and highlights the lengths Liverpool went to during that period to try to secure Mbappé. The reports do not add further details on the outcome of those talks, beyond Klopp’s account of the trip and the meeting attempt. Both sources present the story as a retrospective disclosure by the former Liverpool manager.
