I'm posting this here, from the Benteke thread. Don't want to clog up that thread with more offtopic stuff.
Klopp - Managed the second richest club in Germany which is undoubtedly a less competitive league than ours. Akin to him being the manager of Chelsea in this country. Yet despite that, finished a place lower in their league than we did in ours.
I said that they are the equivalent to Chelsea in their league. Not our league. Equivalent insofar as being the second richest team in their league. You know, like Chelsea are the second richest team in our league.
With just 100 million euros revenue Dortmund were the 5th richest club in Germany when Klopp took over as manager, they had serious debts, finished 13th the season before that and barely avoided bankruptcy and relegation in the seasons before that. So really, Dortmund having been champions twice since and being the 2nd richest now should speak for Klopp, not against him. Would you criticise any manager that made us champions twice in a row and leaves us in a situation of being the 2nd richest club of England? I mean, how awful would that be right, very deserving of criticism.
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