Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot believes winning the Players' Player of the Year award is recognition from the teammates he 'suffered and celebrated' with last season.
29.05.2024 - 08:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jurgen Klopp couldn't resist a dig at Erik ten Hag's handling of Jadon Sancho's Manchester United career as he took a swipe at the club's transfer dealings when speaking at a farewell event on Tuesday night.
The 56-year-old former Liverpool manager was appearing at a special event at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena to celebrate his storied eight-and-a-half-year reign at Anfield.
Throughout the night, the German touched on a wide range of topics as he discussed his time in English football after succeeding Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager in October 2015.
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But it was when talking about the club's owners, Fenway Sports Group, that Klopp couldn't stop himself from taking a subtle dig at Liverpool's bitter rivals United, and more specifically Ten Hag's handling of Sancho's Old Trafford carer.
The 24-year-old forward made the move to United from Borussia Dortmund in July 2021 in a deal worth £73m, ending the Reds' protracted pursuit of the England international.
However, after failing to find consistency under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick and later Ten Hag in the first two years of his United career, Sancho has not played for the club since August 2023 after a public falling out with the Dutchman.
And when discussing Liverpool's success in the transfer market Klopp insisted it is a manager's job to get the best out of players and that Anfield chiefs wouldn't have allowed him to write off an expensive asset, as United did by sending Sancho on out loan earlier this year.
“If the whole world loses trust and faith in the player then the manager has to be the one behind
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