Two key players’ long-term Liverpool futures now uncertain with Klopp exit
Dominik Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez are understood to have been furious over news of Jurgen Klopp’s impending exit.
Ryan Gravenberch, who joined the Hungarian worldwide in switching to Liverpool this summer, is likewise ‘unhappy’ with the situation.
“Sources have indicated that, opposite to previous reports, senior Anfield gamers did have an inkling that the former Mainz and Borussia Dortmund head coach was thinking about leaving the club. This got here from informal discussions held in Singapore in the course of the club’s pre-season tour,” Steve Kay reported for Football Transfers.
“These did not, however, extend to more moderen signings like Nunez and Szoboszlai, who joined up on lengthy contracts in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Both are said to have “hit the roof” at the announcement.
“In addition to this pair, it is also believed that Ryan Gravenberch is unhappy with the turn of events.
“While these players have been left unsettled by using Klopp’s forthcoming departure and the manner it has been handled by the Liverpool board, it is not anticipated to have an affect on the long-term future of the players at the club.”
The reporter did go on to be aware that even though this improvement is ‘not expected’ to have an impact on the players’ long-term futures at L4, it does inspire a degree of uncertainty.
“Nunez and Szoboszlai do not have plans to speak to their dealers and evaluate their position with the Reds, where there is still no clear succession diagram for Klopp in place. Both continue to be content material to continue to be with the membership for now,” Kay wrote. “There is no doubt, however, that Klopp used to be a important pull for both to be a part of Liverpool and their long-term future on Merseyside has come to be much less certainYou can rarely blame the likes of Nunez and Co. for feeling a little disappointed.
Jurgen Klopp is rightly viewed one of the best managers in the club’s history, joining a pantheon of coaches to have transformed our fortunes on and off the pitch.
It only potential that Richard Hughes will have his work reduce out for him to locate a supervisor who can encourage a similar stage of devotion, no longer to point out silverware!
