After his sixth loss in the English Premier League, German manager Jurgen Klopp responded to reports that he could leave Liverpool by stressing that he “isn’t thinking about it”. asked to do so,” hinting that he is planning major reforms during the summer period in his unit.
Liverpool suffered their sixth English Premier League defeat against Brighton last weekend with three clean sheets to win the 2020 title, 10 points behind fourth place midway through the season. Klopp extended his contract with Liverpool last season until 2026 and stressed that “only a sack would remove him from the club”. He added, “Until someone tells me (to leave), I won’t go. This means that there may be a stage where we have to change other things. We’ll see, but that’s something for the future. now.” He continued: “I have time and space to think about it, we should play football now,” Agence France Presse said in a statement.
Captain Jordan Henderson (32), Brazil’s Fabinho (29) and Spaniard Thiago Alcantara (31) are still top midfield candidates whose level reflects the age of the players, but Klopp denied he relied too much on the old guard.
The German emphasized that “the problem is very complex”, saying: “You have a good player who has done a lot of good things in the past and then in your mind (you think) maybe it’s over for him. If you can, bring another player in his place, this is logical. If you can’t sign anyone, you can’t fire anyone. Such situation”.
On Tuesday, Liverpool will play in the third round of the FA Cup against their host Wolves, after the latter forced a rematch after a 2-2 draw at Anfield. Klopp denied that the veteran and old players are not following his direction and advice, explaining: “There’s a list of things you think about and one of them is that the players don’t listen to the coach anymore. In Germany we say the coach is more can’t contact the players, so I understand it looks like this. Sometimes, but it doesn’t. You can cross it off the list.”
