Souness reaction: “Klopp looks beat up”
Graeme Souness joined talkSPORT this morning to react to the Jurgen Klopp announcement.
And while he was stunned by the news, he admits the German coach looks exhausted from leading the day-to-day running of the Merseyside club.
“I’m amazed, I just think it’s the demands of that job, it’s one of the best jobs in the world if you can get it right, he’s certainly done that.
“It would appear that after having a very difficult season last year, he’s got a team again, but it’s just the toll in takes on the individual.
“When I look at Jurgen Klopp, he’s such a perfect fit for Liverpool, because he’s on it, at it, he’s aggressive, very emotional, confrontational – he’s everything Liverpool supporters love – but that takes a toll, the pressures of being a manager at a big football club are enormous.
“He’s done the most remarkable job when you think how he’s been competing against, firstly Chelsea with their spending power, Man United with their spending power and now of course Man City have joined that group. He’s won trophies – the biggest of trophies – the job he’s done is quite remarkable.
“And when I look at him, he looks – I don’t think I’m overstating it – but he looks like he’s been beat up, metaphorically. He looks like a man that’s so intense and so on it, he looks like he’s going over the mill.
“And when you work at that football club, it’s such an emotional football club, that affects you, you get it very quickly.”