Jurgen Klopp has admitted he is only protected from being sacked on past achievements and cannot keep living off former glories.
Liverpool’s manager expressed sympathy for Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers, who were jettisoned from Chelsea and Leicester respectively on Sunday.
‘What can I say about that?’ said Klopp, when asked for his reaction to the departures of Potter and Rodgers, men for whom he has great respect. ‘I think the elephant in the room is why I am still sitting here in this crazy world, last man standing.
Klopp added, when asked how he was able to withstand such turbulent results: ‘I cannot really explain that.
‘I am aware of the fact I am sitting here because of the past, not because of what we did this season. If it was my first season it would be slightly different.
But he also confronted the issue of his own side’s form and accepted results should really have put him in the spotlight too.
There is no chance of Fenway Sports Group making Klopp the 13th sacking of remarkably volatile Premier League campaign.
Nor has the German lost his appetite for the challenge of trying to get Liverpool moving in the right direction once again.
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? “I think the elephant in the room is why am I still sitting here? In this crazy world. The last man standing.”
Jurgen Klopp admits that Liverpool are not where they are expected to be. Also reflecting on two managers leaving their roles yesterday pic.twitter.com/dZ54URGt2r
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 3, 2023
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