If anyone had guessed what was going to happen to me that morning, I would have laughed at them.I didn’t think it was possible, but the manager didn’t last that long and felt the club was still a long way from what he later achieved. Roy Keane has issued a public message to Jurgen Klopp after his Liverpool exit was confirmed.League titles, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, being crowned world champion, endless early starts and late nights after passing through Liverpool with friends.
It all started at White Hart Lane and disappeared in the blink of an eye. I was there when Kenny Dalglish returned to the Liverpool dugout at Old Trafford in 2011 and it was like a big moment for the fans. Unity has returned from Roy Hodgson’s spell as Liverpool manager. Jurgen Klopp felt the same when he came out of the tunnel at White Hart Lane, but it was something different. Before Klopp’s arrival, fans were disappointed with what they saw on the pitch. 18 months ago, Brendan Rodgers almost derailed Liverpool’s bid to become Premier League champions.But after a 6-1 defeat to Stoke City in 2014/15 and a poor start to the following season, everyone agreed it was time for a change.
After Rodgers was sacked after the Merseyside derby, nobody could have imagined that Jurgen Klopp would be Liverpool’s next manager, given the state of the club at the time.Although his name was associated with his profession, there was a sense that the German was the most wanted man in world football and that he was on holiday.
I felt like I was standing on the platform at Lime Street station, getting ready to board a train to London to watch Jurgen Klopp’s first game as Liverpool manager.After the club ended, I felt like we had entered an interesting era. No one knew how long it would take, but we all knew it was going to be a journey.The experiences of the next nine years will stay with me forever.
