‘Last man standing’: Liverpool’s Klopp sad to see so many managers fired
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Premier League managers are shedding their jobs at a faster charge than ever and it’s making Jurgen Klopp really feel uncomfortable.
“The elephant in the room,” the Liverpool supervisor stated Monday, “is why I’m still sitting here in this crazy world. I’m the last man standing.”
Not fairly, however it is a Premier League season like no different by way of teaching modifications.
With Sunday marking the departures of Brendan Rodgers from Leicester and Graham Potter from Chelsea, it means there have been 13 managerial exits this season — a document for the Premier League.
Twelve of the 13 have been fired — additionally a document — with Brighton having solely needed to change coaches as a result of Potter left the membership for Chelsea in September.
The earlier highest variety of firings in a single season was 10 in every of the 2008-09, 2013-14, 2017-18 and 2021-22 campaigns, in response to statistics supplier Opta.
“It’s actually an awful number,” stated Klopp, who additionally famous that Bayern Munich just lately modified coaches in his native Germany, “however it’s how it’s. You all the time have years the place it occurs extra typically than others. Obviously some golf equipment are underachieving this yr. We are.
“Especially when you are in a relegation battle, we all know how much it means from a financial point of view for clubs. And you could say similar things about being in the Champions League or not in the Champions League. There are expectations out there, rightly so, and if you don’t reach them you have to accept the decisions.”
Klopp is the longest-serving supervisor within the Premier League, having been at Liverpool since October 2015, and he’s going by way of one in all his hardest durations on the membership.
The newest humbling efficiency was at Manchester City, the place Liverpool was crushed 4-1 on Saturday in a show Klopp described as “unacceptable.” It left Liverpool in eighth place, eight factors off the Champions League qualification spots.
Klopp is anticipating one other robust recreation on Tuesday when Liverpool visits Chelsea, which will probably be led by interim supervisor Bruno Saltor.
“I’m pretty sure Chelsea want to show a reaction,” Klopp stated. “When you noticed the Bayern recreation towards Borussia Dortmund (Bayern gained 4-1 on Saturday), there was additionally a response for no matter purpose.
“It’s a strange week … The season gets to a decisive part and people are afraid of not reaching their targets.”
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