Anti-Rangers press try to use Klopp to attack the Famous
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Juergen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool celebrates to the fans in the Kop after his sides victory in the Premier League match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield on November 20, 2021 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The press have been trying to wind Rangers fans up by claiming Jurgen Klopp has ‘called’ Rangers a new club.
The Liverpool boss faces Rangers’ former manager Steven Gerrard today as Aston Villa travel to Anfield, and of course the current Kop manager was asked about that in depth.
The anti-Rangers press have made a big deal out of the fact he used air quote symbols when he mentioned Rangers, hinting the old ‘sevco’ nonsense.
But this overlooks two facts.
Firstly, he’d already mentioned us by name in the conference without any such gestures at all, which rather pours cold water on any hint of disrespect he’s said to be showing us.
Secondly, he only used one hand, and not two. If you’re using air quotes, you have to use both hands, and even then it was barely a gesture at all.
It looked far more like an emphasis or prefix and it was borderline subconscious as well, as most gestures are.
But the fact he only used that gesture once suggests he wasn’t using it for the reason the timmy press wants you to think.
If nothing else, he’d be smearing SG himself.