{"id":986169,"date":"2026-05-26T15:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/986169\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:52:27","slug":"andy-robertson-reveals-chat-with-jurgen-klopp-that-transformed-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/986169\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Robertson reveals chat with Jurgen Klopp that transformed his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scot made just three starts before December in his first season at Anfield as boss Klopp had reservations about his defending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andy Robertson admits he did not know if he would be good enough to succeed at Liverpool and his first few months at Anfield created further doubts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having joined from Hull in 2017 for \u00a38million, a barely believable sum in the modern market, he made just three starts before December as Jurgen Klopp had reservations about his defending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The low-maintenance left-back eventually plucked up the courage to knock on the manager\u2019s door \u2013 and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was sh***ing myself. Honestly, it was getting to a point where I had to say something,\u201d said Robertson, who bid an emotional farewell to Anfield against Brentford on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have never had that confidence. I have always felt uncertainty but wherever I have been, I have always just wanted to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt got to October when the conversation happened. It wasn\u2019t confrontational, I wasn\u2019t having a go. The first question I asked him was, \u2018what do I need to do to get into your team?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe thought it was obvious. We\u2019d had a conversation back in the March or April and I had maybe forgotten what he had told me so it was nice to get that refresh.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/embedded284735935-e1779672250842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240142\"\/>Salah and Andy Robertson were emotional after full-time at Anfield (Peter Byrne\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just went in the next day and I thought, \u2018everything he has said to me, I am going to do. If I fail, I fail\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know if I was going to be good enough and I didn\u2019t know if I would win trophies but I promised myself I was going to give 100 per cent every day to have the best possible chance. That\u2019s what I\u2019m most proud about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut after that conversation, everything clicked. I took the attitude of, \u2018I\u2019m at Liverpool and I\u2019m going to do everything I can to make this work\u2019. After that day, me and him never really looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robertson won the Champions League and two Premier League titles, as well as the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup twice, FIFA World Club Cup and UEFA Super Cup but his departure almost signals the end of the great Klopp team as Mohamed Salah is also leaving, while Alisson Becker and Joe Gomez\u2019s futures are in doubt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is fitting that former Liverpool captain and one of Robertson\u2019s best friends Jordan Henderson will be in Brentford\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henderson received a belated farewell after surprisingly leaving for an ill-fated spell in the Saudi Pro League in 2023. Former Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was also in the Brentford team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m delighted that I won\u2019t be the only one doing it. That was my worry, being front and centre of the whole thing,\u201d said the no-frills Scotland captain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m glad one of our Egyptian friends (Salah) might take a bit more of the limelight. I can just sneak underneath that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously the farewell will be emotional. I really hope Hendo gets a pretty special ovation on Sunday (for) what he did for this club, how he led us to win those trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.84403521.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Andy Robertson\" class=\"wp-image-240102\"  \/>Credit: (Peter Byrne\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 32-year-old decided to leave after losing his starting place to Milos Kerkez and discussions over a new deal ended when the two parties\u2019 expectations did not meet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am happy I\u2019ve had nine years and I leave with no regrets, no bitterness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis club is unique. When you step away, it is always going to be difficult but it is also about finding happiness elsewhere, which a lot of people have shown can be done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me, some (who left) maybe felt they still had more to give to Liverpool. 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