rednasca wrote:Didier Deschamps has spoken of the reasons he turned down the Liverpool job last summer. ”I was immensely flattered to receive Liverpool’s offer but there are two principal reasons that made me stay at Marseille. I won’t lie to you. Believe me. It’s not every day Liverpool come knocking on your door. It was not an easy decision, I tell you, not easy. But I had given my word here. I had a year left on my contract and committed myself to staying, giving my promise to the president, the fans and the players. There were players who came here for me. Then Liverpool’s offer came two days before we started pre-season at the end of June. As I am a man of my word, I couldn’t do it.”
Appreciate that.