Report: Jurgen Klopp is about to get his wish after rival Premier League clubs make big u-turn

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Premier League clubs are set to delight Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp by voting to reinstate the five substitutions rule for next season.

That’s according to The Times, who claim that there is ‘high confidence’ from clubs in favour of the move that they now have ‘enough support’ to push the rule through.

This would presumably include Liverpool, for whom Klopp has been very vocally in favour of the rule.

The matter is set to be voted on at a Premier League stakeholders meeting tomorrow.

According to the report, there has still been opposition from ‘smaller and mid-sized teams.’ But the decisive factor is said to have been the International FA Board deciding to make the rule a permanent one.

It’s claimed that the issue has been debated at Premier League captains and manager’s meetings recently. During these meetings, there has reportedly been ‘broad support’ for the rule change.

Klopp gets his way

Liverpool are lucky to have a manager who isn’t afraid to stick his neck on the line to talk about issues that matter to him.

One of the issues he is most passionate about is player welfare. While others remain silent on the matter, Klopp has spoken at length about why the five substitutions rule is so important.

Earlier this month he said that it was ‘essential’ that clubs voted to reinstate the rule that was last seen in 2019/2020 (ESPN).

The opposition to the rule change appears to be that it will give clubs with deeper squads an advantage.

But Klopp has recently dismissed this too. Addressing the matter ahead of the current international break, the Liverpool boss said clubs currently fighting relegation would still be doing so if they rule-change went ahead.

“You are at the bottom with 3 subs and I’m sorry but you would be there with 5 subs as well,” Klopp said via Tribuna.

It’s hard to argue with the boss’ logic, really. The issue of player welfare was raised just yesterday by Andy Robertson, who highlighted that he may get less than two weeks holiday if all the international games scheduled for this summer go ahead.

There’s no doubt that he will have his manager’s backing on that one. It remains to be seen how that ends up, but at least for now, Jurgen will be happy.

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