At last we will have something to be grateful to Jurgen Klopp for | OneFootball

It is difficult to imagine now, however, when Jurgen Klopp arrived in the Premier League, he felt like a breath of fresh air.

Entertaining, principled, charismatic, what wasn’t to like?

Yes, he was the manager of another Premier League club and Liverpool at that, however, if you were honest, Jurgen Klopp did come over very well.

Nine years on and things are a ‘little’ different.

Has Jurgen Klopp radically changed during his time in England, or are we just now seeing the real Jurgen Klopp that was there all this time but hidden away in the early days?

Either way, the Liverpool boss has become one of the, if not THE, most annoying and vomit-inducing managers of the Premier League era.

Along with Mikel Arteta, Jurgen Klopp is right up there now alongside the likes of Ferguson, Mourinho and others, in terms of being the very worst dislikable characters.

As a Newcastle United fan, things have gone particularly badly with Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool fluking results since the takeover, often with the help of match officials, the only Premier League team to win all their games against NUFC since Eddie Howe took over. To then have to deal with the charmless charlatan on top of those results, has been excruciating.

However, finally, we will have something to be grateful to be grateful to Jurgen Klopp for.

Let me explain.

When it came to getting one of the two extra Champions League places for next season, this is how the coefficients of the top five countries looked at the start of this week, before the quarter-finals of the three European competitions:

1. Italy, 18.428 2. Germany, 16.785 3. England, 16.750 4. Spain, 15.062 5. France, 14.750

Then this is how the coefficients of the top five countries look now after Tuesday and Wednesday’s Champions League matches, before the quarter-finals of the other two European competitions tonight:

1. Italy, 18.428 2. Germany, 17.642 3. England, 16.875 4. Spain, 15.312 5. France, 15.250

Serie A has surely booked their extra Champions League place.

Whilst last night’s exits of Man City and Arsenal from the Champions League have put the Premier League on the edge of the cliff.

West Ham will surely exit the Europa League tonight when they face Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen, 2-0 down from the first leg.

Aston Villa may struggle through in the Conference League but it is touch and go, they only have a 2-1 lead and are away at Lille tonight.

Whilst after their hilarious 3-0 hammering at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool are in Italy to play Atalanta.

I have become sick and tired of hearing about the potential fifth Champions League place and so I will be finally grateful to Jurgen Klopp for something, when I see him crying at the side of the pitch tonight as Liverpool exit the Europa League and that tips the Premier League over the edge. All chances gone and no need for any more tedious debates about the Premier League hopes of a fifth Champions League spot next season.

It will be quite ironic as well if Jurgen Klopp proves to be the one who gets his countrymen over the line tonight, delivering that extra Champions League spot to the Bundesliga.

Whilst for the Premier League and their extra Champions League spot hopes, it will indeed be… Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

BBC report on potential extra Champions League place – 18 April 2024:

‘England’s hopes of securing a fifth Champions League spot have taken a big hit over the past two nights.

With Italy clear at the top of Uefa’s coefficient rankings, the second of the two available spots has turned into a battle between Germany and England.

Before this week, Germany had a narrow lead even though they only had three teams left in the quarter-finals of the three European club competitions, compared with England’s five.

That position has strengthened further with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich both reaching the last four.

It meant the pair each collected three coefficient points this week – two each for the win and a bonus point for getting through. Those points are divided by seven – the number of German teams who started out in Europe this season – which takes them to 17.642.

While Manchester City’s defeat by Real Madrid ends their Champions League hopes, as penalties do not count in coefficient terms, the game ended in a draw, meaning England have amassed only one point so far this week, which has to be divided by eight. It leaves England on 16.875.

It puts more pressure on West Ham in particular to overturn their two-goal deficit against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League, with the hope that Liverpool can somehow overhaul Atalanta’s three-goal first-leg lead in Italy and Aston Villa get through against Lille in the Europa Conference League.’