Trouble at Anfield as Klopp says Liverpool players ‘free to leave’ over Champions League failure

Ifeanyi Ufomadu 16:21 - 27 May 2023

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp with star man Mohamed Salah

Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp has told any Liverpool player having doubts about staying at Anfield due to their failure to qualify for the Champions League next season that they can leave.

After Mohamed Salah’s recent tweet suggesting his deep anger and frustration with the lack of Champions League football next season, the rumour mill went into overdrive regarding the Egyptian’s Liverpool future.

I’m totally devastated. There’s absolutely no excuse for this. We had everything we needed to make it to next year’s Champions League and we failed. We are Liverpool and qualifying to the competition is the bare minimum. I am sorry but it’s too soon for an uplifting or optimistic… pic.twitter.com/qZmA9WsueM
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) May 25, 2023

Jurgen Klopp dismissed the idea of his talisman leaving this summer, by insisting “Mo loves this club”.

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Klopp fires warning to Liverpool players

Nevertheless, the Liverpool manager has made it clear that if any player has doubts about staying at Anfield after failing to qualify for the Champions League, he will drive them to a new club himself.

Klopp speaking before Liverpool’s final Premier League game of the season, spoke bluntly about potential exits.

Klopp said: “If ever a player would come to me, and said: ‘oh we didn’t qualify for the Champions League, I have to leave, I would drive him to the other club myself.

Jürgen Klopp discussed a range of topics as he previewed #SOULIV this morning ⤵️
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 26, 2023

“That would be something I never could understand. It is like I would say (he puts on a childish voice for emphasis) ‘oh we didn’t qualify for the Champions League, I need to work in the Champions League so I go’.”