Klopp extended due to upheaval at Liverpool: “We’re already there”

Contract until 2026

Jürgen Klopp does not mourn Sadio Mané (30), but misses him a little. “Yes!” replied the Liverpool coach in an interview sky to a corresponding question about the departure of the attacker to FC Bayern Munich. “But missing sounds like I still want him here. I’m also glad he’s where he wanted to be. We settle our problems here. Sadio is an outstanding player. Everyone in Munich has seen that before. He’s absolutely world class. Everything will be fine,” said Klopp.

The fact that the Reds got off to a mixed start in the English Premier League doesn’t panic the former Bundesliga coach. “It’s not like we only find out who the opponent is before kick-off. We’re working flat out on a successful season and the start wasn’t good. So of course there is pressure. But nobody is extremely dissatisfied, ”explained the 55-year-old. His team has not yet retrieved “what we wanted and needed. Now comes the most intense times ever with 13 games in six weeks. Every game is a final for us. Then we can determine where we are headed for the rest of the season and what we can play for.” On Saturday, the Reds missed out on another win and only managed a 3-3 (1-2) draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. after initially turning a 0:2 deficit.

However, the trainer did not want to fix the sporting dents on the departures last summer. “We lost Sadio Mané, Divock Origi, Takumi Minamino. Sadio is a loss, as are the other two. We got other players to do that and they did their job very well. We didn’t deliver as a team. It doesn’t interest anyone, but we also had a real misery of injuries,” said Klopp.

“In the right place at the moment”: Klopp wants to accompany change at Liverpool FC

It was only logical for him that he surprisingly extended his contract early until the summer of 2026. “We are also in for a change. We’re already there. We have Fábio Carvalho, Darwin Núñez, Luis Díaz, Diogo Jota. We already have the next generation of players. We have Ibrahima Konate. They’re all young. A change is part of it, and I wanted to be part of it. I also wanted to be there when these young guys get more involved. Because I find that really exciting. So it was clear. I always knew that the club was interested. But I didn’t see a great need to talk about it yet.”

Klopp continued: “I’m still in the right place here at the moment, one hundred percent. And if not, then you have to end it. It would be stupid if you didn’t do that. But everyone involved doesn’t see that.” The LFC took just ten points from their first seven league games, leaders Arsenal were eleven points ahead thanks to the win on Saturday afternoon. The Liverpool squad has a total of 12 players who are at least 28 years old.

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