Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp wants ‘football’ atmosphere, not ‘goodbye’ atmosphere
Jurgen Klopp admits he might hand over team meeting duties to Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, after an “intense” week at the club.
The 56-year-old is in the final official two days of his tenure at the club after announcing หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล in January his decision to leave his contract early after eight and a half years.
He has spent most of the last week saying his goodbyes to staff and associates – the players gave him their send-off at a barbecue on Thursday – and readily accepts he may not be in the right frame of mind to deliver the final preparations for Sunday’s visit of Wolves, which will be the most emotional of farewells at Anfield.
“This is a massive challenge now to sit here and pretend… I have no clue how the team meeting will be,” he said.
“The documentary guys (behind-the-scenes cameras have following Klopp and the team for several months) aske me if they can have the last team meeting, which nobody ever had.
I said no because I have no idea how that will be. Maybe Virg is doing it because somebody has to do it who is really on fire.
“Can I be on fire? Probably yes, I think so, but I don’t know in the moment. But it will be really strange.”
Anfield will be a sea of emotion on Sunday as fans say goodbye to their belove manager but Klopp wants, perhaps unrealistically, for the focus to be on the football.
The time to revel in his achievements will come at the final whistle when Klopp will be honoure by players and staff and is expecte to give his final address to Anfield.
“I want us to play top football. People come for that but you need an atmosphere for that,” he added.