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KLOPP URGED TO COME BECK HOME

- EXCLUSIVE by SIMON MULLOCK

his high-profile client list including Wilfried Zaha and Robert Lewandowsk­i.

Sean, 22, has more than two years left on his contract but has been linked with a £50million move to Man United.

And Matty, 20, is a free

TENNIS legend Boris Becker recognises a true champion when he sees one – and the three-time king of Wimbledon believes it is Jurgen Klopp’s destiny to become Germany manager.

Bayern Munich fan Becker, 52, reckons the Liverpool boss (right) will one day return to take charge of his home nation.

But he reckons Klopp, also 52, has unfinished business at Anfield – and that he is still too young to contemplat­e a switch to internatio­nal football.

Becker, speaking in his role as an ambassador for the Laureus Sports Awards, said: “I’d like Jurgen to manage Germany one day – and I’m not the only one.

“He would be a great coach for our country because he gets his ideas across to his players and makes them buy into what he’s trying to do.

“Every German football fan is impressed with the job he’s doing at Liverpool.

“To see a German coach win the Champions

agent this summer and is believed to already have at least one firm offer to quit Tyneside at the end of the season.

Contract talks with both have stalled and Newcastle risk losing Matty for a £350,000 developmen­t fee.

League and now get so close to winning the Premier League is fantastic.

“Klopp has made one of the world’s biggest clubs great again and I really hope that it’s his destiny to one day manage Germany.

“But maybe that is a long time in the future.

“Jurgen is still quite young and I think he has the hunger to win many more trophies with Liverpool.”

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