Jurgen Klopp shades Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea amidst Liverpool farewell tour

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp took sly digs at Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea during the final stop of his Liverpool farewell tour.

Klopp left Liverpool after nine years as the German tactician decided it’s time for a new adventure.

With some fans yet to get over his departure, Klopp during an event at the M&S Bank Arena on Tuesday night, hosted by comedian and lifelong Liverpool fan John Bishop decided to throw some shade at his opposition.

Klopp intimated that among several topics, including VAR and 12:30 kick-offs, he was told not to talk about City. But when it was put to him by Bishop that Liverpool could be awarded two further titles if the Premier League take action against City for 115 breaches of financial regulations, Klopp replied: “If you organise a bus parade, I’m in. How long it takes, I don’t care how long.”

The German tactician also took time to shade Man United as he suggested how they could have they handled the signing of Jadon Sancho.

“If the whole world loses trust and faith in the player, the manager has to be the one behind the player,” Klopp said when discussing his man-management style.

“I cannot just buy into that ‘he’s useless’, like other clubs did by the way – buying a player for £80m and then sending him out on loan!” he added, referring to United’s decision to send Sancho back to Borussia Dortmund in January.

Finally, Klopp took time to defend Liverpool’s divisive FSG owners, adding that he would not want to work under Todd Boehly and BlueCo at Chelsea after the surprise exit of head coach Mauricio Pochettino.

“The owners do what owners do,” Klopp continued. “Surprise! The owners want to earn money. Sorry to tell you that.

“It’s not like they earn money on a daily basis: they invest something and that’s how the whole world goes.

“We should be really happy we have them and not guys who bought London clubs. I wouldn’t have survived a year at Liverpool (with them).

“Finally they (Chelsea) play football which everyone thinks ‘Oh, they might be back’ and then they sack the manager anyway!”.