quite true what you just said, probably the media blowing the trumpet on what is a very small news piece
Considering Klopp put a few quotes in the echo it might be more than just a small news piece!
The Liverpool manager conceded, however, that he erred when appointing Trent Alexander-Arnold captain of his boyhood club for the first time against Midtjylland. Salah told AS that he was expecting to be captain that night in the absence of Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum.
âI was captain for a long time in my career and I always thought: âwhat a job this isâ because there are not a lot of benefits and there is a lot of work,â Klopp said. âI didnât feel, or do not feel, the importance of being captain. Before the game I did not realise how important that can be for players and I didnât realise how big a story it was for Trent.
The rule here is we have a playersâ committee. The committee is Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Virgil van Dijk and Gini Wijnaldum. These are pretty much the four captains. If they all cannot play, usually it is the guy who is longest in the club. And that, how I saw it, was Trent. I donât mean youth career, but in his professional career. Then somebody told me that on that basis it should have been Divock Origi. So it was my fault.
âAfterwards I spoke to Mo about it. Then I realised it did not work out that well so I clarified it. Obviously he gave the interview. That is not a problem for me. Obviously he was disappointed. I did not do it on purpose, and if I made a mistake then it was not making Divock Origi captain that day.â
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