As part of a school project, young Manchester United fan Daragh Curley contacted Jurgen Klopp, in an attempt to end his winning streak.
His dad told media that most other classmates wrote to idols, yet Daragh seemed to write a letter of complaint to the Liverpool gaffer. It read: “Liverpool are winning too many games. If you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in English football. Being a United fan that is very sad.
“So the next time Liverpool play, please make them lose. You should just let the other team score. I hope I have convinced you to not win the league or any other match ever again.”
Mr Curley said he was shocked when he discovered that Klopp replied.
“My wife Tricia was up in the local post office/shop and she was told that there was a registered letter there for Daragh Curley,” he said.
“She was wondering who would be sending Daragh a registered letter, but when she mentioned it to Daragh he said ‘oh it’s Jurgen Klopp’.
“And it actually was Jurgen Klopp.”
In his letter to Daragh, he said: “Unfortunately, on this occasion I cannot grant your request, not through choice anyway.
“As much as you want Liverpool to lose it is my job to do everything that I can to help Liverpool to win as there are millions of people around the world who want that to happen, so I really do not want to let them down.”
“Luckily for you, we have lost games in the past and we will lose games in the future because that is football.
“The problem is when you are 10 years old you think that things will always be as they are now but if there is one thing I can tell you as 52 years old it is that this most definitely isn’t the case.”
After reading the letter, Mr Curley said that Klopp “seems to be an awful, awful decent individual”.
“I would be a Man Utd fan myself, it’s grating that Liverpool are doing so well, but behind it all you have to respect Klopp and what he’s done,” Mr Curley said.
“He came across as a nice guy all along, I suppose this letter really confirms to me that he is a decent, decent guy.
“What I love about the letter is that it’s about sportsmanship and respect too and I think saying that to a 10-year-old is great.”
But despite this, Daragh is only young, so his dad believes he needs some guidance to ensure he doesn’t switch teams after this encounter!
“There’s reinforcement techniques ongoing just to ensure that there’s no swaying from the Man Utd mandate,” he said.
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