Klopp wanted to make the midfielder's loan move from Tottenham permanent but Borussia Dortmund were unable to come up with the funds.
Jurgen Klopp “cried on the phone” when he told Kevin Prince-Boateng he was unable to sign him permanently while manager of Borussia Dortmund.
The Ghanaian made a positive impression on the now Liverpool boss in his ten appearances for Dortmund, helping the German side to a sixth-place finish in Klopp’s first season at Signal Iduna Park.wanted to make Prince-Boateng’s move permanent, but Dortmund were unable to come up with the funds, with the midfielder instead returning to the Premier League with Portsmouth.“He was a very important figure in my career,” Prince-Boateng said. “It didn’t work out.
But the former midfielder recalled Klopp defending him at a press conference, telling reporters: “‘I brought him here, I will make him the player he is’. He said Prince Boateng has a book of 1,000 pages and each page is different, that’s how good he is.”“I said I will give my life for him. Every player would die for him on the pitch because he gives you that feeling of confidence, that feeling of love as well.
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