Jurgen Klopp insists he does not feel hurt by accusations of xenophobia following his comments around Manchester City’s spending power last week.
Jurgen Klopp said: “In this specific case, I don’t feel hit at all. I know myself and you cannot hit me with something that is miles away from my personality. If I would be like this – I actually can’t remember the word (xenophobic) – I would hate myself for being like this. A lot of times I say things that are open for misunderstanding, I know it, but it’s not intentional. Sometimes you say things and then later you realise ‘oh my God! that could be understood [differently]’ but this is not one of those times. It was not. Obviously not all of you journalists see it the same way. Some chief writers see it differently. It’s an open world, obviously and we can have different views. That is how it is, so nothing else to say.”
Liverpool will aim to make it back-to-back Premier League victories when they take on West Ham United on Wednesday night but will do so without Diogo Jota after he was ruled out for a number of months with a serious calf injury picked up in the closing stages against City at the weekend.
