IT WAS THE longest of waits, lasting three decades and one lockdown but within a day of securing the club’s first League since 1990, Jurgen Klopp was already speaking about adding to Liverpool’s collection of titles.
The German has helped Liverpool win four trophies in the last 13 months and plans on smashing the record points tally set by Manchester City in the 2017/18 season. But it is next season that he is already thinking about. “We will not stop,” Klopp said yesterday. “We will stay focused and we see the opportunity. But ‘will not stop’ does not mean we will win everything, we just want to improve because the other teams are good already and will improve.
“City are exceptional. I can’t promise we will win something but we will try everything to improve and I think that is possible. The consistency is difficult to improve – if we could keep that it would be nice because even the games we lost were not bad.
“I am nothing without my coaches and even less without my players. We have a common idea and common dream. We have big dreams and the more people dream, the more important and stronger it gets.”
Klopp added: “The boys are in a good age group, more experienced, more confident, more convinced and we should use that as much as we can.”
When he arrived at Anfield in October 2015, he landed in a club with a rich tradition but little recent success, just the 2012 League Cup troubling the dusters in the trophy cabinet since 2006. But Klopp was prepared to be patient.
He said yesterday: “I knew about the expectations but I felt immediately the people wanted to give us time. I love the way they see life. I love the way they want to be different, are different but in a very good way. I see a lot of Scousers and they are really, really good people. We both come from regions where we speak a pretty strong, strange dialect — where I come from [in Germany] nobody understands a word outside that! Scouse is pretty similar.
“If I didn’t like the people here I would not stay for nine years or whatever, that’s what we agreed on.”
Meanwhile, Everton manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has also heaped praise on Liverpool, telling Sky Italia: “I have a great relationship with Jurgen. We already met last week when everything was pretty much already decided, I already congratulated him even before this week’s events.
But really, Klopp is the architect behind the success of this team, not only in the Premier League – but also for what he managed to do during these five years since his arrival.
“With a lot of patience, he was able to build a perfect machine.”
Serious atmosphere here in Cavan. This is exactly where you want to be playing the All Ireland Champions. Whatever the result these games against the top 4 will stand to us in the summer months
It’s exactly the gate the county board needed as well
Mind blowing that people would actually travel to watch that rubbish sport.
@Ordinary lad: the much “hyped” Irish Rugby team lost yesterday. How much money do those lads earn?
Mind blowing that someone would take the time to open an article about a sport they consider to be ‘rubbish’ and then take the time to comment on it.
How can a team that receives €120k in funding compete against a team that receives €1.4million
Hahaha give over Al . Deep down you love the gaa
@Alan b..: Sure all the money we’ll be spending here we’ll double that funding for you pal ;)
a decent workout so far get rid of the Jamaican rum and redstripe against another nordie team who’s sole intention is to pull drag and hit off the ball.
Don’t know what game your watching. The hits off the ball have been 50:50.
Eh cavan is in the south of Ireland Einstein
fergal reilly should count himself lucky to share a pitch with these wonderful dublin footballers instead of going around like a drunk at a wedding looking for a fight.
That was stared by the Dublin man on the ground. You’re incredibly anti ulster football
And then mdma was the first man to get involved.
And who look for a figth at a wedding
ah lorcan stop it now.
fergal reilly would.
it’s north of me ya tit
@Alan b..: that explains why the dubs were late they looked at a map and headed north. When did this geographical transplant take place.
don’t be a tit like alan cavan play in ulster which is up north so they are nordies.
Cavan is not in Northern Ireland you don’t cross the border or use sterling
I didn’t say it was in Northern Ireland .
What do you mean by nordie then?if you are calling them that cos they’re north of you does that mean someone from cork would class Dublin as a nordie team
if they wanted to yes beacuse they would be northern to a Cork person now cavan is in ulster and part of the Republic of Ireland beacuse the brits didn’t want the kip so yes you are nordies which we where stuck with.
Stop you’re just embarrassing yourself
What part of Dublin are you from?
what difference does it make?
cavan play in the ulster champions with the other 8 nordie counties it’s no big deal just accept it is the way it is don’t be embarrassed alan.
All the complaints about dublins fans. Have any other county brought a few thousand fans with them today ?
@Gavin Byrne: In comparison Dublin have a fan base of about 10 times what other counties have. So of course they will bring large numbers with them.
Fair play today they really brought a fantastic atmosphere and plenty of money to Cavan town today
That a few time in the last three years the cavan has been delayed because of the fans.
If the dubs can’t make it to croke park on time how do you expect them to make it to cavan on time
@Lorcán Coyle: Should know by now that nothing in Cavan ever starts on time, nearest fifteen minutes, sure that’ll do.!!!
Ref jersey looks too like Dubs
We’ll save that excuse for later
Massive achievement if Roscommon can some how stay up in Division 1.
Lorcan are u watching the match