There were plenty of disappointed fans and club supporters after Liverpool failed to finish in the Top 4 during the 2022–23 season. Although it is hardly the most glamorous of venues, playing European football on Thursday nights is not the punishment that some people believe it to be.
It’s not the Champions League, of course. The financial effects of Liverpool missing out on the world’s top club tournament are obvious to everyone, even a private eye.
Both significant financial loss and the chance to play against the finest teams in Europe have occurred. That does not imply, however, that the Reds should treat the Europa League like a non-competitive event.
Jurgen Klopp has overtly fielded considerably lesser teams in the Carabao and FA Cups while in charge.
Early signs suggest that he and the club will treat it seriously. Almost all of Liverpool’s star players were included in the UEFA squad list.
In order to make life easier for themselves in the Premier League, there are requests for the club to deploy considerably weaker Starting XIs, which is frustrating. There will never be a Liverpool game that I would be pleased to see them lose, despite the fact that I can sort of understand the logic behind it.
Just as it shouldn’t be tolerated at the club level, it’s not in my nature as a fan. It has taken Klopp eight years to develop a winning mentality at Anfield.
As a result, the boys have achieved remarkable things. That is something to be commended, and other clubs have made an effort—and failed—to implement the idea at their own clubs.
I’m ready to wager that those who predicted Liverpool’s demise in September will be among the first to rejoice if they go far in this year’s Europa League. That is how it operates. It’s simple to concentrate just on the Premier League at the present time.
Beyond that, there are other forms of football. Although the Premier League is undoubtedly the best league in the world, a club of Liverpool’s stature should strive to win every single title available.
