OPINION
Dean Saunders ranted about Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba showing his club disrespect by speaking out about his future and in turn highlighted why Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp won’t be fazed by the latest report on Rafael Camacho.
The Man United midfielder told reporters in Tokyo, as quoted by The Telegraph, that “I think for me it could be a good time to have a new challenge” and Saunders was horrified as a result.
The former Liverpool attacker shared how you never saw players in Jurgen Klopp’s squad speaking out in a disrespectful way nor did you see anyone at Tottenham or Manchester City acting that way either.
“You don’t see any of the Liverpool players doing it, you don’t see Harry Kane sprouting rubbish or anyone not in the team,” said Saunders in a clip on talkSPORT, which was uploaded to the broadcaster’s Twitter account.
“And Mahez, Sane, Jesus aren’t getting a game, you don’t see them saying anything to disrespect the club as they know their place.
“They know it’s a team, that they have to play their part in a team and I’m not bigger then the team.”
Saunders namedropping Liverpool in his remarks on Pogba are reflection of how Klopp runs a tight ship.
The German manager clearly ensures that he has players who are committed to the cause on the Reds’ books and any sniff of them fancying a move elsewhere, they’re shipped out.
For example, in 2017 when publications like the Mirror started reporting that Philippe Coutinho wanted a move to Barcelona it didn’t exactly take long for him to pack his bags and end up at the Spanish giants.
If the Brazilian had come out and squashed links and made it clear he was committed to the Reds, then his exit probably wouldn’t have happened so quickly.
While it can be debated whether Coutinho was anywhere near as disrespectful as Pogba is being as he didn’t go on record personally, the reports weren’t exactly being squashed by him at the time, which was a bit disrespectful to the Reds.
Klopp recovered quickly from losing a player of Coutinho’s talent, just look at the trophy cabinet in order to find the Champions League trophy, and no doubt felt better to have a wantaway player off his books.
When you consider this, he is likely to be unfazed by A Bola’s report on Camacho which claims the 19-year-old attacker is willing to walk out the doors of Anfield once his contract expires in 2020.
The Reds teenager previously took to his personal Instagram account in order to rant about the fact he was an attacker not a defender despite Klopp playing him as a right-back against Wolves in the FA Cup.
“I do not know whose idea it is, but I will prove that they are mistaken about my football,” he said.
“I’m not a right defender, I’m an attacker who scores goals. This is my DNA.
“Happy to score three goals and help the team in today’s win vs Leicester.”
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Camacho’s outburst not only disrespected Klopp but disrespected the club as he should have been just grateful to feature for the senior team, especially at his age.
Given that Saunders’ remarks shows how Liverpool and Klopp don’t put up with any nonsense regarding a player showing a negative attitude and putting the club in a bad light, the German manager is probably unfazed that Camacho looks destined to walk out of the Anfield doors one way or another.
