Jurgen Klopp: What the Liverpool manager had to say about the Super League in 2019

By Mark White
published

Famously forthright Liverpool boss Klopp was against the plans for a breakaway league in 2019

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

With talk of the European Super League and how it will affect the managers and players involved in the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's comments on the matter from 2019 have resurfaced. 

Klopp was asked by German publication Kicker two years ago about the plans, to which he claimed he was happy with the Champions League model. Liverpool are one of the six English teams who are set to join the Super League, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. 

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.