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Klopp: Look at Chelsea s wounded soldiers are all over the camp, I wonder if I am willing to get less money for rest

2:55am, 1 October 2025【Football】

Hupu September 30th Klopp accepted the exclusive interview with TheAthleticUK.

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At the end of the interview, Klopp talked about the rise of Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

"Wow, they've done miracles, a lot of things are changing. I really don't think about it. I'm mainly looking at Red Bull's team. I'll sit there and ask, 'What is football? How is it going now?' That's not what I'm really doing.

Manchester City are regrouping, they're making some changes. Coaches need to change...a new perspective to keep it fresh.

Liverpool's unique style of playing football is really great. It's very important to be offensive. Will they risk exposure? I'll change it differently, I'll say that. I'm not a football pope and I won't tell others what to do. At least not outside Red Bull."

Klopp is not so conservative about player welfare. He previously described the Club World Cup with 32 FIFA teams as "the worst idea ever". During the Club World Cup, did he see anything that changed his opinion?

"No," he shrugged. Did I see Chelsea (this tournament champion) encountering an injury crisis this morning? They might have been injured long ago (possibly).

My professional skill is that I know how high expectations are for football players. I understand the intensity of training. We always ask for more.

We keep training, constantly training. I have no doubt that it was a great game. I didn't watch the game. Chelsea is very happy after winning the championship. Great, and a lot of money. But at a certain time, we must take care of the few people on which the sport relies: the players.

There is nothing else to do except stop organizing new competitions during the summer vacation. The best players in the world have no time to rest. You won't do that in any other area of ​​your life. Imagine you let the best artists play every night until they fall down and then we say sorry, he lost his focus…”

Now FIFA is discussing 64 teams in the 2030 World Cup?

"What I say is the same as saying it with the microwave, and the effect is exactly the same. People will say, ‘Oh, but you make a lot of money! ’

I know. Or club officials would say, ‘Yeah, it’s the players and the coaches, they always want more money, so we need money. ’

Then why not sit together and tell the players that you can have eight weeks of vacation every year? Can we talk about (how to implement it)? Try it! Will they agree to take that million? ”

Does he really think coaches and players will accept lower salaries for better conditions?

"I don't know, but if you ask me, I will definitely. "Are the players afraid to talk about this publicly? "It's so scary," he said with a smile. "The players who said it were injured the next day! For example, Rodri. He spoke out and was injured the next day!

But if you don't say it, they certainly won't stop it. "They (FIFA) love to be involved so much that they come up with their ideas that they completely forget about the players. No one thinks about them at all.

PFA (Professional Football Players Association, England Football Players League) is quite strong in this regard. I'm not the only one. I'm probably the most famous voice sometimes—or, I used to be!

So you can't just talk about it because it's uncomfortable, people don't want to listen. If you don't want to listen, don't listen."

Thankfully, for Klopp, his audience is never limited to his microwave.

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