Liverpool Boss Worried About Tough Start To Season Due To Lack Of Preparation Time

Jurgen Klopp has called for the FA to give the English clubs more time to prepare in-between seasons.

Several of Liverpool’s stars like Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are yet to join the club’s pre-season training after their international commitments this past month. The Reds are due to begin the 2019/20 season against Manchester City in 10 days and then are due to face Norwich City for their first Premier League game on 9 August.

“We sit here and it sounds like I am having a moan or whatever. It is just the situation, in the long-term, is not acceptable,” he told a press conference in the USA.

“For here (on pre-season) it is not a problem. We have all the boys here, apart from the three up front and Ali. It’s not like after three days you can say to them, ‘Hey! Come on! Let’s start running again!’. They have had a tough summer programme. It’s football.

“It’s not riding a bike, so you lose a little bit (of rhythm). It will all come back but it will be a tough start. In the future, we have to change that. We have to change it. It is not possible (to continue this way).”

England have a strict time limit on both their transfer window and the seasonal breaks as opposed to their European counterparts.

“But then England and the Premier League, it starts the earliest? Huh? Where is the space for training? Come on,” continued Jurgen.

“It looks like nobody can imagine a week without football in the year. When did that happen? A game again, a game again. It is difficult, difficult for the boys. Everything will be fine this season. But in the long-term? We have to change it.

“There must be breaks. Come on, let them go. Be brave. Don’t treat every game like it is the last of a decade. The pressure is everywhere. We need to calm this down. We need proper breaks, then you will get world-class performances. Then you can enjoy these boys in the long-term and it will be easier for the younger ones to come through.”

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