How the football world have privately reacted to Liverpool’s handling of Jurgen Klopp

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Liverpool have been the talk of the footballing world today, after Jurgen Klopp’s big announcement.

The Reds manager of more than eight years is set to call time on his stay on Merseyside, with an end of the season exit now impending.

It was incredible news that not many at all will have seen coming. And according to The Telegraph, Liverpool’s ability to keep it as such as a surprise has gone down well in footballing circles.

They claim that there has been ‘surprise and admiration’ within the football world at how the Reds kept things so quiet with Klopp.

Liverpool’s ability to ‘execute such a smooth announcement’ of news of this magnitude is also said to have won them some fans.

Klopp reportedly informed Reds owners FSG of his intention to leave back in November. Until today, nobody else appears to have been in the know.

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In this day and age of everything in football being known before it happens, we’re not used to receiving such a shock like this.

But, truly, Jurgen’s announcement today will have taken the whole fanbase – and the rest of the world – by complete surprise.

For anyone who is not connected with Liverpool, perhaps this is a good day. Klopp has become less popular with opposition fans recently for rivals of the club, it no doubt helps their own prospects of toppling the Reds.

But for anyone of a Liverpool persuasion, to get news like that straight out of the blue will have been gut-wrenching.

Had there been some indication that Klopp was about to walk, it would have been easier to deal with. But the boss appeared in-front of the press as normal only yesterday.

The only one inkling that something could be wrong is that the press conference had been slated for a day earlier than usual. As we now know, that was to make way for today’s ‘special’ briefing from Jurgen.

Still, no one could have foreseen that. If you’d suggested it, you’d have been laughed out of the room.

So, yes, you do have to commend the secrecy with which Liverpool and Klopp operated in here. However, a heads up would have been nice. The pain is real.