Jurgen Klopp once decided against signing a striker because of the way he celebrated.
During his time at Borussia Dortmund, the German was close to adding a new forward to his squad after a lengthy scouting process.
But Klopp then went to watch him live and was unimpressed with his behaviour after finding the net, according to Dortmund's marketing director, Carsten Cramer.
"There is a story Jurgen told me about a striker he was interested in," Cramer told MirrorFootball.
"He watched him in several videos and said: 'This is a striker I want to sign.'
"Then he saw him playing and he scored a goal. He was watching how he was celebrating his goal and said: 'This is not a guy for Dortmund. He is celebrating for himself and not the club.'
"All the players know the club is the most important thing. I'm very sure that the brand philosophy was important when we hired someone like Jurgen Klopp."
Cramer also confirmed that the Bundesliga giants were interested in signing Christian Benteke when Klopp was still in charge.
"When Jurgen was in Dortmund, we were thinking about signing him," he said ahead of Dortmund’s clash with Bayern Munich which was live on BT Sport.
"But he was so expensive, so we couldn't realise it. We were in negotiations but the transfer fee was above £20million, which was not possible for us.
"I know Jurgen's opinion and was kind of convinced about him. Seeing him playing now for Liverpool... well, most of the time he's not playing.
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During his time at Borussia Dortmund, the German was close to adding a new forward to his squad after a lengthy scouting process.
But Klopp then went to watch him live and was unimpressed with his behaviour after finding the net, according to Dortmund's marketing director, Carsten Cramer.
"There is a story Jurgen told me about a striker he was interested in," Cramer told MirrorFootball.
"He watched him in several videos and said: 'This is a striker I want to sign.'
"Then he saw him playing and he scored a goal. He was watching how he was celebrating his goal and said: 'This is not a guy for Dortmund. He is celebrating for himself and not the club.'
"All the players know the club is the most important thing. I'm very sure that the brand philosophy was important when we hired someone like Jurgen Klopp."
Cramer also confirmed that the Bundesliga giants were interested in signing Christian Benteke when Klopp was still in charge.
"When Jurgen was in Dortmund, we were thinking about signing him," he said ahead of Dortmund’s clash with Bayern Munich which was live on BT Sport.
"But he was so expensive, so we couldn't realise it. We were in negotiations but the transfer fee was above £20million, which was not possible for us.
"I know Jurgen's opinion and was kind of convinced about him. Seeing him playing now for Liverpool... well, most of the time he's not playing.
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In his 3 full seasons here he finished 7th, 2nd and 6th, the team/squad he left wasn't a squad that finished as runners up, it was a squad that finished 6th and was under performing this season (14 points from 10 games under Rodgers).
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