Not sure i agree on this, we've held no one against there will or contract once they wanna leave.
Pellegrini’s last season was sabotaged by the pending arrival of Pep; it was performing way below its natural level, even factoring in the advancing age of certain players. There was still an unprecedented depth of elite quality here - probably 5 of the top 20 players the league has seen all in the same team at once. It needed reinforcements, but Guardiola bought players for the bench that would be key players in most first 11’s in the league. He should have won what he has here, and probably more.
That 2014 Liverpool team was carried to a title challenge by the attacking trident of Suarez, Sturridge and Sterlingby the time Klopp got there, Suarez and Sterling had forced moves, and Sturridge was crocked.
Klopp also inherited terrible fullbacks in Clyne and Moreno; Pep addressed it by spending about £200m on them to find solutions, while Klopp converted an academy midfielder and brought in an £8m signing from a relegated club, and made them the most effective pair in Europe and catalysts of their overachievement.
Do you not think Klopp could have matched or even eclipsed what Pep has done here? I’d say fewer Carabao cups, but compensated for by European success.
It seems your default (and shared) dislike for Liverpool as a club is obscuring your subjective view of what Klopp’s achieved there.
We don't have the most expensive goalkeeper, we don't have the most expensive defender, we don't have the most expensive midfielder, and we don't have the most expensive striker................say no more.
Not really. It is just to go forward as fast as possible.“Rangnick will introduce vertical balls as part of his philosophy”.
It‘s not that revolutionary, they’re called long balls over here.
Dave Bassett and Bobby Gould must have influenced him.Not really. It is just to go forward as fast as possible.
that is called a long ball...Not really. It is just to go forward as fast as possible.
Yeah, but anybody could do that with...Jürgen Klopp (2001-2021): 3 League titles (2 Bundesligas, 1 Prem), 1 Champions League, 1 DFB-Pokal. Total major honours: 5. Average: 1 major trophy every 4 years.
Pep Guardiola (2007-2021): 9 (top flight) League titles (3 Las Ligas, 3 Bundesligas, 3 Prems), 2 Champions Leagues, 2 Copas del Rey, 2 DFB-Pokals, 1 FA Cup, 4 EFL Cups. Total major honours: 20. Average: 1 major trophy every 0.7 years.
So that is 3x as many top flight league titles, 2x as many Champions Leagues, 9x as many domestic cups and 4x as many honours in total for Pep.
Dave Bassett and Bobby Gould must have influenced him.
That’s Spooky saw Bassett today in costa coffee in Leighton Buzzard.Dave Bassett and Bobby Gould must have influenced him.