Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hints at Brexit shambles in post-match interview
By David Gate
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hints towards his views on Brexit during his post-match after the Reds beat Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup.
Liverpool and Europe. There is something special between the Reds of Merseyside and European competitions. After the club added a fourth UEFA Super Cup to the collection last night, manager Jurgen Klopp alluded beyond football in to his views on Brexit.
In the post-match press conference after beating Chelsea, the 52-year-old boss was asked a reasonable innocuous question about being the first German manager to with the Super Cup.
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However, he flipped the question by claiming he doesn’t see himself as ‘German’ but that he instead sees himself as ‘much more European’.
He elaborated on some of that perspective further: “When we are so close together in other areas of life, it looks like sometimes we have different ideas – different targets – but as people we are all the same”.
These comments are in keeping with his stated left-wing political beliefs and his Christian faith and should be no surprise to observant fans.
Klopp has gone on record on numerous occasions about how he feels Brexit – the UK leaving the European Union – is a huge mistake. You can watch him speak about it at length here from April 2018:
Obviously the boss has vested interest in the UK staying in the EU as a German working in England but these are not simply the comments of a man who wants an easier life.
These ideas of togetherness and human inter-connectedness are a huge part of what makes his philosophy successful at Anfield. These views come in line with the socialist views of Bill Shankly – the man who made the club one of the biggest in the world.
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As the UK barrels towards a no-deal Brexit on October 31st, we can be sure of what Jurgen Klopp thinks about that and how he is creating something better and more unifying at Liverpool Football Club.