Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has said he would throw a party on the island of Mallorca should the Premier League strip Manchester City of their titles due to breaches of financial regulations.
Klopp’s Liverpool finished second to Pep Guardiola and his all-conquering City team twice, first in 2018-19 and again in 2021-22.
The Premier League referred City to an independent commission in February 2023 over 115 alleged contraventions of financial rules dating from 2009 to 2018. The club have always denied any wrongdoing.
At his first public appearance as Red Bull’s head of global soccer, Klopp was asked about how he would react should the commission find City guilty and remove the league titles from their honours list.
“We had this discussion when I left,” Klopp said. “I haven’t spent a lot of time in Mallorca because I am always flying around the place. But if it would happen, I told all the people who wanted to [come]: ‘Just book a flight to Mallorca. I will buy the beer!’ We’d have our own parade in my garden.”
The German coach added that he had not followed the details of the hearing, which began in September last year, and that he did not know when a verdict was due.
Klopp was also questioned on the ongoing contract sagas around three of Liverpool’s key players during his tenure.
