But he decided to not take the question of one particular journalist who was present in the conference. When asked why, he simply stated that he doesn;t answer people who for the newspaper The Sun.
It was an absolutely hilarious snub by the manager and a humiliating moment for the man with the microphone. Klopp went on to explain the reasons for not answering the question saying the man could ‘listen and write you want’.
Those comments made the next few questions and the atmosphere of the room in general, a bit nervy. There are also suggestions that he might have said those words because of the coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster by the paper.
During that infamous event,The Sun put out a piece called ‘The Truth’ which was an insulting work of journalism aiming blame on Liverpool fans. Obviously this did not go well and the reputation of the paper was tarnished In an attempt, to appease the public they issued an apology for the same but that did not help much.
This is exactly what he said: “It’s not because I’m with Liverpool now. It’s because of a few things that will happen in the next few days or few weeks, I don’t know. It’s not personal. You’re still working for The Sun, right? That’s it. You can listen and you can write what you want.”
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