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Super League: I prefer competitive football where clubs don’t play same teams for 10 straight years, says Klopp

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Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has opposed the controversial new breakaway European Super League competition against his owner’s position.

The Reds, alongside 11 other top European teams, were the founding clubs of the elite competition planning to dump the Champions League, causing outrage amidst fans and other stakeholders.

Sky Sports recalled how Klopp had in 2019 criticised the Super League proposals, saying: “I hope this Super League will never happen. With the way the Champions League is now running, football has a great product, even with the Europa League.

“For me, the Champions League is the Super League, in which you do not always end up playing against the same teams.

“Of course, it’s economically important, but why should we create a system where Liverpool faces Real Madrid for 10 straight years? Who wants to see that every year?”

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Reminded of those quotes on Monday, Klopp responded: “My opinion didn’t change. Obviously I heard for the first time about it yesterday, and trying to prepare a game, a very difficult game against Leeds, and I knew so far we got some information, not a lot to be honest.

“It’s a tough one. People are not happy about it, and I can understand that, but I cannot say a lot more about it because we were not involved in any processes, not the players not me, we didn’t know about it. We will have to wait to see how it develops.”

The German has however indicated he has no intention of walking out on Liverpool, saying instead he will “try to help to sort it somehow”.

“I’m 53 years old and since I was a professional player, the Champions League was there. My aim was always – as a player it was not possible – as a manager was always to aim to coach a team there. So I obviously have no issues with the CL, I like the competitive fact of football. I like the fact West Ham might play CL football next year – I don’t want them to be honest because we might want to do that, but I like that they have the chance.

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“What can I say. It’s really not easy. What I want to say as well – I have heard a few things, and what I really don’t like is that Liverpool Football Club is much more than some decisions.

“The most important part of football are the supporters and the team. And we have to make sure that nothing gets in-between that. I heard they put banners down at Anfield, and I don’t understand that because the players did not do anything wrong.

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“We have to stick together and when other people from other clubs use our anthem against us I don’t like that as well so we can show that nobody has to walk alone in this moment. There are things we have to sort, but nothing to do with the football, nothing to do with the relationship between the supporters and the team, that’s for me really important. Because in tough times you have to show you really stick together. That doesn’t mean you have to agree to anything, but the boys didn’t do anything wrong, apart from not winning more football games.”

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