Frank De Boer has confirmed that he was offered the chance to become manager of Liverpool in 2012.
Liverpool were looking for a successor to Anfield legend Kenny Dalglish and the Dutchman was identified as a candidate. KOPTALK® ran an exclusive at the time about our interest and details of meetings between the Reds and FDB’s representatives were posted on our members’ website, but Liverpool’s advances came to nothing.
The 46-year-old opted to stay loyal to Ajax because he felt the job offer had come too early in his managerial career which left Liverpool turning to Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers instead.
In an interview with The Daily Mail, De Boer commented: “I would love to manage here [in England] but the project has to be right.
“I told Liverpool I was honoured but I was only one year in at Ajax, it was too soon. I needed to achieve more, and I did.”
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