Jurgen Klopp has once again criticized the organization of the World Cup in Qatar. The German technician again expressed his dissatisfaction with the organization of the event at this moment, but this time he gave another message to the media, saying that players and coaches should not be pushed to give their opinion on the problems of the World Cup in Qatar. The host state has been criticized for its treatment of migrant workers and violation of human rights.
Klopp said:
"Don't push it Gareth Southgate in a situation where he has to give an opinion about everything. He is not a politician, just as I am not. He has an opinion (about the World Cup), but he is not a politician."
The German coach was also asked if the decision to host the World Cup in Qatar came as the fans wanted. He replied:
"The fans? No, it was the football politicians. Journalists should have done more. Do you think we did enough to begin with? Now you (the media) are pushing create a story that has happened before, and you are pushing the players by pressuring them with questions... There are fantastic people, I'm not saying it's all a bad situation, but what happened (organization in Qatar ) was wrong from the start.”
Klopp added:
"I look at it from the point of view of the game of football, and I don't like the fact that players are sometimes put in positions to give a message. You are all journalists, you should have given a message and you did not even write the most critical article about Qatar 2022…”
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