Jurgen Klopp insists he will not go to Liverpool as a result of the Super League fiasco and says that the “tough times” mean that he feels more responsible for the club than ever before.
Klopp’s Anfield future was still uncertain after a difficult season for the club. It has been suggested that the lack of support from the board had left him disillusioned, with the cover from the German job tempting him to consider his options.
So when Liverpool announced on Monday that they will join a European Super League next season – an idea that Klopp is basically strongly opposed to – new questions arose.
“I will try to help arrange this in some way.”
Jurgen Klopp has spoken about the European Super League proposals in tonight’s press conference after the match. # MNF pic.twitter.com/v1n6OlTJm6
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Speaking after his team’s 1-1 draw with Leeds, however, Klopp said: “I am here as a football coach and manager, and I will do so as long as people let me do it.
“I will not resign because of this. If times get tougher, it makes me more likely that I will stay here. I feel responsible for the team, the club and the relationship we have with the fans.” It’s a tough time, but I’ll try to help sort it out somehow. “
Speaking before the game, Klopp had hit on the plans where Liverpool will join five clubs from England and three each from Spain and Italy as founding members of the Super League, which will compete in the Champions League next season.
Klopp is still against the Super League plans …
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“The most important part of a football club is the supporters and the team. Nothing can come between it. I heard there were banners being put down, but I did not understand it because the players did nothing wrong. We want to qualify for the Champions League next year .
“We have to stick together. We have to show that no one needs to go alone in these moments. There are things we obviously have to sort out, but it has nothing to do with football and nothing to do with the relationship between the supporters and the team.
“In tough times, you have to stick together. That doesn’t mean you have to agree on everything, but the boys did nothing wrong.”
