Tom Werner shows he was never on same page as Jurgen Klopp with ‘crazy’ Liverpool idea
If ever Liverpool followers wanted a reminder that Tom Werner would not completely get it, it got here with his newest feedback on the way forward for Premier League soccer. He needs not only a recreation within the United States, however has a ‘loopy idea’ to play a number of video games in sooner or later throughout cities around the globe.
Werner instructed the Financial Times: “I’m determined one day to have a Premier League game be played in New York City. I even have the sort of crazy idea that there would be a day where we play one game in Tokyo, one game a few hours later in Los Angeles, one game a few hours later in Rio, one game a few hours later in Riyadh and make it sort of a day where football, where the Premier League, is celebrated.”
After controversially backing European Super League plans earlier than backtracking beneath intense backlash, it ought to come as no shock that Werner’s chief concern is the monetary incentive. That’s at all times been obvious, even when Werner and Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has introduced big advantages to Liverpool.
But relating to the essence of English soccer, and the challenges posed to its gamers, Werner clearly nonetheless has so much to be taught. There was a lot made from the connection between outgoing supervisor Jurgen Klopp and the Liverpool possession group.
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Klopp has at all times been outspoken concerning his views on soccer. One factor he’s never been afraid to champion is the necessity to take higher care of gamers relating to the hectic schedule.
Werner’s newest feedback present little regard for the welfare of the Premier League’s most prized asset – its gamers. While he has clearly wished to discover extra profitable avenues for Liverpool to play around the globe, it’s abundantly clear that this opinion is at odds not simply with precept proprietor John W Henry but additionally with iconic supervisor Klopp.
Klopp spoke out in September 2021 in regards to the obvious points with soccer’s more and more hectic schedule. He accused these in energy of not caring, one thing Werner has achieved little to disprove with is feedback.
“There is no other sport in the world with such a relentless calendar,” Klopp stated on the time. “No bodily sport. There are extra demanding sports activities like athletics and marathons however they don’t run 20 or 30 or 40 a 12 months. We all know why it’s occurring.
“Whatever folks say that it’s about giving completely different international locations alternatives, in the long run it’s all about cash, that’s how it’s. That’s nice. But in the long run, at one level someone has to begin understanding that with out the gamers – a very powerful components of this excellent recreation – we can’t play it. Nobody is extra necessary than the gamers.
“They don’t care, they just don’t care. It’s always one main interest, and all the rest is not interesting. There must be a point when all the confederations sit together and start thinking about the game and not only about their benefit.”
Speaking across the controversial winter World Cup in Qatar in 2022, Klopp added: “Obviously the guys in the Premier League like the spectacle. We’ve said it now often enough, nobody really cares about the players in these moments, but it’s how it is.”
Werner has proved as soon as once more that he is responsible of supporting what Klopp hates. While there was no ill-feeling between the events when the German departed the membership on the finish of the season, there is no avoiding the truth that on some points, Klopp and Werner have been merely never on the same page.
