Former Liverpool supervisor Rafael Benitez has spoken out on Jurgen Klopp’s resolution to depart Anfield on the finish of the season and has instructed he has some inside data on the true cause the German tactician shall be transferring on.
Benitez is one other of Liverpool’s most profitable managers of current occasions, having gained the Champions League in 2005, in addition to the FA Cup a yr later, although Klopp has clearly eclipsed him now with some really excellent work since taking on again in 2015.
Klopp will go away Liverpool as a Champions League winner, Premier League winner, and with different trophies just like the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Membership World Cup underneath his belt, with the 56-year-old undoubtedly an enormous determine within the Reds’ historical past.
It got here as a little bit of a shock when Klopp introduced he’d be transferring on, but it surely appears Benitez is aware of one thing the remainder of us don’t, because the Spaniard hinted his connections to the membership imply he has some further data on what actually led the supervisor to this surprising resolution.
“I’ve a bonus which is that I’ve individuals in Liverpool and in addition individuals on the membership, so kind of I understand how it has occurred,” Benitez mentioned, as quoted by the Metro.
He added: “He has completed and is doing an infinite job. Every part I can say about Klopp and Liverpool is constructive.
“I do know one thing else from inside, and it has extra advantage than being there.”