“We have to become a partner of football again and not just squeeze it like fruit”Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp said on Friday to television broadcasters who, according to him, sometimes impose a schedule “criminal”.
The German, who is leaving at the end of the season, took advantage of his pre-match conference against Tottenham on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) to launch an attack against the broadcasters of the English championship, who are not very accommodating with the clubs. engaged in European competition in particular, according to him.
“I expected Amnesty International to come and talk to them”
“I watch a lot of football, all over the world, and the Premier League is the best league in the world. So it’s not overrated, (but) the players are overworked, it’s as simple as that.”he said the day after Aston Villa’s 4-2 defeat in the semi-final first leg of the Europa Conference League against Olympiakos.
Aston Villa is the only English club still involved in a European competition, after the elimination of Liverpool in the quarters of the Europa League, and that of Arsenal and Manchester City in the quarters of the Champions League.
“The fact that we were eliminated in the quarter-finals does not really reflect the quality (of the championship, editor’s note), but rather the fact that we were not up to par on the day we should have been”he added, denouncing “a general problem” in the scheduling of matches.
“That they dare to do Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. is a crime. In fact, I was expecting Amnesty International to come and talk to them”he said.
Too short delays between each match
“The other day I had a discussion with a colleague from my favorite television channel – which I will never watch again – TNT. He always tells me ”but they pay you, they give money to football”. I really don’t see things like that, it’s quite the opposite. Football pays them, because they broadcast it”said Klopp.
According to him, “we have to become a partner of football again and not just squeeze it like fruit. This is advice from a passing old man. I will still watch a lot of football, but not everything, because you can survive without a match from time to time, that’s for sure.”.
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He assured that Liverpool had, ” in the whole world “delays “the shortest” between each match this season. “It’s absolutely crazy. But they are still happy and piling up subscribers… You can remove me from this list”he said, before joking: “if you need a consultant, I speak English, I can do it”.
