Liverpool \u2018could ask\u2019 Jurgen Klopp to make a \u2018dramatic return\u2019 soon and sort out this Arne Slot mess after the German\u2019s \u2019emphatic response\u2019 to a slump.<\/p>\n
And if you\u2019re never sure which angle to take on an Ibrahima Konate story, just do them all.<\/p>\n
Klopp a load of that<\/p>\n
It would be easy for Mediawatch to sit here and point out that The Sun<\/strong>\u2018s exclusive about Jurgen Klopp replacing Arne Slot as Liverpool manager for the rest of the season is palpable nonsense<\/strong><\/a>, purely because it comes from a publication that is not circulated in the area for, ultimately, lying about Liverpool.<\/p>\n Ken Lawrence simply doesn\u2019t\u00a0feel\u00a0like the most well-connected Liverpool journalist out there to land a story of such magnitude that has bypassed your James Pearces and the Dominic Kings of this world. That\u2019s all.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s humour this idea that \u2018LIVERPOOL could ask Jurgen Klopp to make a dramatic return if they sack Arne Slot.\u2019<\/p>\n They certainly could. They could ask Sir Alex Ferguson to do it, or Jimmy Corkhill. \u2018Could\u2019 is slightly different to \u2018actually feasibly might\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Fan favourite\u00a0Klopp, 58, who was replaced by Slot in the summer of 2024, has emerged as a stunning candidate if Anfield chiefs finally lose patience with his successor.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Is \u2018incredibly popular and successful former manager who resigned relatively recently could return to former club on a specifically interim basis\u2019 really that \u2018stunning\u2019 a development? Klopp\u2019s been the next Liverpool manager favourite for ages<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on that pretence.<\/p>\n \u2018If they approach Klopp, now Global Head of Soccer for Red Bull, it is likely he would only be asked to fill in until the end of the season.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It is pretty much certain. The bloke quit because he was knackered. Not sure barely 18 months out has recharged him to go again for another decade.<\/p>\n That really is a quite significant \u2018if\u2019 in terms of Klopp coming back, though. Literally the only other mention of him in the rest of the story beyond those three opening paragraphs is this:<\/p>\n \u2018The board has been forced to prepare for the worst \u2013 with Klopp, who ended their 30-year wait for a league title in 2020, part of the conversation.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Quite what \u2018part\u2019 of that \u2018conversation\u2019 he plays is not made clear. But again, the odds of Lawrence getting that information and not a more respected Liverpool journalist feels infinitesimal.<\/p>\n From \u2018Liverpool could turn to Jurgen Klopp to save season\u2019 in the headline, to him merely being \u2018part of the conversation\u2019 about a possible change by the tenth paragraph. Definitely should have just stuck with the scepticism over a Liverpool exclusive being reported in The Sun and moved on.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0Predicting next six Liverpool exits as Arne Slot, Mo Salah among doomed Reds sextet on exit ramp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Call and response<\/strong><\/p>\n Those of us depressingly well-versed in the ways of the Daily Mirror website<\/strong> know exactly what to expect with this headline:<\/p>\n \u2018Jurgen Klopp\u2019s emphatic response to dire Liverpool run speaks volumes with Arne Slot in crisis\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n That is absolutely, irrefutably based around an old quote which is entirely irrelevant to the current situation but somehow still \u2018speaks volumes\u2019 in the modern day.<\/p>\n \u2018Slot\u2019s dire situation mirrors\u00a0Klopp\u2019s predicament in the 2020\/2021 season\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There it is.<\/p>\n But sod it, go on. How does something Klopp said four years ago \u2018speak volumes\u2019 about Liverpool now?<\/p>\n \u2018Klopp\u2019s emphatic response to the adversary [sic] he was under shows Slot that he can bring Liverpool back from the brink, and perhaps save his own job in the process.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Oh, it\u2019s somehow worse than an old quote. \u2018Klopp\u2019s emphatic response\u2019 wasn\u2019t even something he said, but simply Liverpool stopping being sh*t to eventually qualify for the Champions League. And that obviously \u2018shows Slot that he can bring Liverpool back from the brink\u2019.<\/p>\n Not sure what volume that speaks beyond the remarkably loud noise of a barrel being scraped to within an inch of its existence.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Ard knock life<\/strong><\/p>\n Alternatively, for more Liverpool crisis chat we can go down the Daily Mirror website<\/strong> route of dressing up a statement of the obvious as some sort of revelation.<\/p>\n \u2018Fuming Gerrard insists four Liverpool stars should never be playing together\u2019 is their headline, and to be clear there is no blame on the slippy one here. This slap on the wrist is purely for whoever heard or saw Gerrard say\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cYou look at the back four that you finish with: Curtis Jones, Gravenberch, Van Dijk and Kerkez. That\u2019s not a\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0back four, never will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2026and thought, \u2018Yep, that\u2019s good enough for a story\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Fuming Gerrard\u2019 merely \u2018insisted four Liverpool stars should never be playing together\u2019 in defence<\/strong><\/a>. That bit is quite important. And if anyone disagrees and genuinely believes Jones, Gravenberch, Van Dijk and Kerkez to be the next Tassotti, Baresi, Costacurta and Maldini then fair enough. There are probably some magic beans lying around somewhere if you fancy them?<\/p>\n Not sure Gerrard exactly had to \u2018insist\u2019 that chucking two midfielders in a back four alongside a struggling centre-half and left-back should \u2018never\u2019 be done again but sure.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The long Kon<\/strong><\/p>\n But the best way to deal with the crisis engulfing Anfield probably comes from the Liverpool Echo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n When presented with a dilemma as to how they should cover Ibrahima Konate\u2019s recent social media post and the Athletic<\/strong> update that Real Madrid are not pursuing him, they have come up with an ingenious solution: just publish the exact same quotes twice, disguised in different forms of headline cliche.<\/p>\n So at half 7 on Thursday evening we get: \u2018Ibrahima Konate breaks silence on Liverpool criticism amid Arne Slot sack pressure\u2019<\/p>\n Then at 11 on Friday morning it is: \u2018Ibrahima Konate issues statement as Real Madrid decision on Liverpool transfer emerges\u2019<\/p>\n That\u2019s how you sell a footballer\u2019s vague platitudes. Twice. In the span of about 15 hours. Guessing the first one didn\u2019t land so well.<\/p>\n MORE ON THE LIVERPOOL CRISIS\n
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