Is Jurgen Klopp untouchable?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Jurgen Klopp described himself as the "last man standing" on Monday. It was a tongue in cheek comment but equally an odd one to bring up at a time when Liverpool are, yet again this season, in a rut. So is the great man untouchable or can he rebuild his way out?
Joining Ian Irving to talk through the current state of Liverpool and what Klopp can learn from his previous job as Borussia Dortmund boss it's Raphael Honigstein and Caoimhe O'Neill
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Last Man Standing |
| 0:05.1 | That's how Juergen Klopp described himself on Monday |
| 0:08.7 | But why did he bring up his own future |
| 0:10.9 | And is Klopp untouchable or is patient starting to wear thin |
| 0:14.9 | As Liverpool Stairdown a rebuild? |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Ian Irving and this is the Athletic Football Podcast I'm Ian Irving and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:29.6 | The elephant in the room is probably from your point of view, why I'm still sitting in this |
| 0:35.8 | crazy world, last man standing. |
| 0:38.8 | But I know as well I'm still here because of what happened in the last few years. |
| 0:42.3 | I don't like the fact that I pretty much have to rely on that. |
| 0:46.3 | It's not even a subject for debate, his future, |
| 0:49.6 | amongst the vast majority of Liverpool fans, |
| 0:51.6 | and certainly not for the owners between now and the summer. |
| 0:54.2 | It's not blind faith. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeager Club's a great manager, of course, |
| 0:57.1 | but even tonight, Liverpool is still trying to play |
| 1:00.2 | like the Liverpool from three years ago |
| 1:02.1 | and they've got a nil-nil-nil out of it. |
| 1:04.9 | You're scratching your head. How? |
| 1:07.1 | We cannot just continue playing |
| 1:09.4 | like we do from time to time. |
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