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The History of Player-Manager Conflicts at Liverpool: From Mamadou Sakho to Mohamed Salah

The hottest issue in football right now. It seems inevitable that Mohamed Salah and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp have a problem.

But did you know that this is not the first time something like this has happened? After having as many as 5 players who had previously had problems with the German head coach

But who will those players be? Follow back and check here.

Meaning: Mamadou Sakho

The French centre-back has been one of the main strengths of the team in the Brendan Rodgers era, but as we all know, when Jurgen Klopp stepped in to replace him, Sakho wasn’t in the German manager’s immediate plans

But this is not something that causes them problems. But because during pre-season 2016 Sakho was late to team meetings and training several times Klopp was very unhappy with him.

Until finally, Klopp punished him by sending him back to England before his teammates He was dropped to play with the under 23 team for about half a year.

Before his relationship with Klopp suddenly broke down after Sakho posted on social media that he was fully fit. But in the end, the manager didn’t give him a chance and even attacked Klopp for lying to the media about his fitness.

And eventually Sakho had to leave the team to join Crystal Palace in 2017.

Lazar Markovic

This is another player who came in the era of Brendan Rodgers, but when Klopp’s era arrived, he lost the opportunity to play straight away.

Markovic has been loaned out to other teams many times during the Klopp era, whether it was with Feberbahce, Sporting Lisbon, Hull City and Anderlecht Before moving to play for Fulham permanently in 2019 on a free transfer.

“I’m trying to show the people of Liverpool that I’m still the same person and let them know that they can’t make me the person I used to be.” Markovic said in 2018

Mario Balotelli

Some people may have forgotten that Kriano used to play for Liverpool before because since Klopp took control of the team, Balotelli’s name has stubbornly disappeared from the team.

And when that happens The player’s agent at the time, Mino Roola, slammed Klopp for turning his client into a player without playing minutes.

Later, Balo said in an interview that he did not know Klopp and Klopp himself did not know him, that is, Balo did not consider Klopp as someone he already knew

“Klopp doesn’t know me. And I don’t even know him. I came back to Liverpool for about a month and a half. And I had the chance to talk to him once.” Balotelli said.

“He told me I could stay at Liverpool but I wouldn’t be his first choice. He told me it would be better if I moved somewhere else.”

“He told me, If I have a game to play And I can do it well. I might be able to come back and play with the team. But I said goodbye and thanked him. And we will never meet again.”

Nuri Sahin

This former Liverpool player, although he had no problems with Klopp during his time in charge of the Reds, had problems during his time with Borussia Dortmund Year 2009-2010

After Sahin argued with his teammates on the training ground, Klopp then fired Sahin from the team after having problems with his teammates.

Sahin tried to explain the whole matter, but Klopp was not interested and continued his word that he would have to leave the team.

“It was 2009 or 2010 when I was playing for Borussia Dortmund and the coach kicked me out of the training ground. He told me to leave because I had an argument with another player.” Sahin said.

“I was young then. And I think I know all about that. I’m sure I’m right about this, but Klopp told me to leave the team anyway. And of course I did.”

Xherdan Shaqiri

The likes of Shaqiri have also had issues with the German manager after Klopp dropped the Swiss midfielder at the end of the Reds’ League Cup defeat to Chelsea in 2018.

Klopp said he had spoken to Shaqiri about why the last free-kick did not pass the ball to Mohamed Salah, who stood wide to allow the Egyptian to dribble in a 1-1 draw, putting pressure on the opposition. and possibly change the outcome of the match.

However, the two were able to resolve their issues, allowing Shaqiri and Klopp to continue working together before Shaqiri leaves the team in 2021.

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