Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has left Chelsea in no doubt about his availability after completely ruling out a move.
Bundesliga champions also issue hands-off message
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has left Chelsea in no doubt about his availability after completely ruling out a move to the Premier League club.
The 44-year-old is reported to be among a shortlist of candidates, which also includes Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid's former Chelsea chief, Jose Mourinho, who will be targeted by Roman Abramovich this summer.
Chelsea's owner sacked Andre Villas-Boas at the beginning of March and has since placed Roberto Di Matteo in interim charge until the end of the season.
Abramovich is said to be ready to turn to Klopp as a permanent boss and the German has striking credentials after guiding Dortmund to the last campaign's Bundesliga title.
The Westfalenstadion club also presently sit five points clear at the top of the table in the defence of their crown after overhauling Bayern Munich's thunderous start to the season.
Chelsea are as a result understood to have been suitably impressed, but Klopp signed a two-year contract extension in January and has no interest in being the next man through the revolving managerial door at Stamford Bridge.
Ambition
"I can turn them down straight away," he told German
Sky television after his side's dramatic cup semi-final victory over Greuther Furth on Tuesday night.
"I will not be moving there. But I do think it is cool that I am being named in the same breath as Mourinho and Guardiola.
"That is enough for me - that is already a personal triumph. But I am not available, sorry."
And Dortmund's chief executive, Hans-Joachim Watzke, has also told Chelsea to forget any interest in Klopp, who first took over in 2008.
He said: "Chelsea do not bother me one bit. It is not for nothing that Jurgen Klopp has just extended his contract until 2016.
"He will not be going anywhere. It is quite simple."
Dortmund's ambitions are to have an improved challenge in the UEFA Champions League after the 1997 winners of the competition finished bottom in the same group as Arsenal this season.
