{"id":1339503,"date":"2024-01-31T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1339503"},"modified":"2024-01-31T01:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T01:21:58","slug":"glen-johnson-interview-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-departure","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/glen-johnson-interview-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Johnson: &#8216;Xabi Alonso replacing Jurgen Klopp scares me &#8211; Liverpool could repeat Man Utd&#8217;s mistakes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has spoken about Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s announcement that he will leave the Reds in the summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson also discussed potential replacements for Klopp, things to be wary of and the perfect ending that could be in store for the German.<\/p>\n<p>There was also room for a quick word on another of Johnson&#8217;s former clubs, Chelsea, and their upcoming EFL Cup final against Liverpool &#8212; as well as reports of Conor Gallagher being up for sale.<\/p>\n<h3>Jump to:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#REPLACEMENTS\"><strong>Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s departure and potential replacements<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#IMPACT\"><strong>Klopp&#8217;s impact on Liverpool and England<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#DEPARTURES\"><strong>The future of Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#JOTA\"><strong>Diogo Jota&#8217;s current form<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#CHELSEA\"><strong>EFL Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#GALLAGHER\"><strong>Conor Gallagher&#8217;s future at Chelsea<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"REPLACEMENTS\"><\/a><strong>SN: Firstly, your immediate reaction to Jurgen Klopp\u2019s announcement on Friday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>I&#8217;m a bit gutted to be honest, and totally shocked. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s good reasoning behind his decision but I couldn\u2019t believe it when I first heard the news. It\u2019s a big shame for the club and everyone involved with Liverpool but if Klopp does feel mentally and physically drained, we have to respect that. We know he wouldn\u2019t walk away if he didn\u2019t feel he needed to. It\u2019s a sad time for the club. He\u2019s been amazing since he\u2019s been there and he\u2019s certainly going to be hard to replace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Where does he rank in Liverpool\u2019s all-time great managers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>You have to rank Klopp alongside [Bill] Shankly and [Bob] Paisley as the greatest Liverpool managers ever. They\u2019ve been one of the top teams in the world for most of the time he\u2019s been at the club and played brilliant football at a time when football is so competitive and there are so many great teams. He\u2019s a Liverpool legend, for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: The favourites to replace Klopp are Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard, Roberto de Zerbi &#8211; thoughts on those names?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>I\u2019d be a bit scared to appoint Xabi Alonso or Steven Gerrard. The next appointment is going to be really tough and I\u2019d be worried about bringing someone in with so little experience. Also, I think we\u2019ve seen bringing a legend back to manage the club can often not work out. We\u2019ve seen since Fergie left Man United, they still haven\u2019t replaced him and we could see something similar here. These kinds of managers are extremely hard to replace, especially for someone with so little experience. Of course, in football timing is everything and this kind of dream job may not open up for them again so they\u2019ll be tempted to take it, it will just be very hard to have the kind of success Klopp did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Who do you want to replace him?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>To be honest, the news has been so surprising, I haven&#8217;t had much time to think about it. I do think Liverpool need someone with proper experience. But maybe someone who is young and fearless could be perfect for Liverpool, you never know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: What are your favourite moments from Klopp&#8217;s tenure as Liverpool manager?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>He\u2019s provided so many big days out and big moments. They\u2019ve been so competitive in the Champions league, won trophies, won big games against rivals. But people will remember him not for what he won but how he did it. He\u2019s a top guy and the players have always loved him. He made Liverpool fun to watch again and the fans will always love him for that.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"IMPACT\"><\/a><strong>SN: How big of an impact do you think he has had on the English game?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Klopp has raised the bar in English football. Him and [Pep] Guardiola have gone toe to toe in recent years and it\u2019s been amazing to watch and brilliant for the English game. Other teams have had to adapt their style to compete with Klopp and there\u2019s no greater compliment than that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: How will this impact Liverpool for the rest of the season &#8211; If this was you as a player in this situation how would this affect you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>You don\u2019t play for Liverpool if you\u2019re not a professional who knows you have to get on with the job. Deep down of course the players will all be gutted but I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll be sulking and they will have that \u2018last dance\u2019 mentality where they will want to make their final season with Klopp a special one. I don\u2019t think the players will down tools at all, I think they will do everything they can to do something special this year<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: The perfect ending to the Klopp era would be winning the Quadruple &#8211; can they do it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>They are still in all four competitions so why can\u2019t they win the Quadruple! Of course it\u2019ll be a big ask just because you need everyone fit and performing throughout the whole season. I\u2019d love them to do it and I do think they\u2019ll be competitive and go far in every competition they\u2019re in. Whether they win all four, I&#8217;m not so sure. I think they\u2019ll definitely win something this year for sure, and anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: What could you see Klopp doing next? He\u2019s said he would never manage another English club but could you see him taking on another job like Germany, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Any team in the world would want Jurgen Klopp as their manager and as long as you give him the support to allow him to do what he does best then you\u2019ll have success. It sounds like he needs some time out so we may have to wait to see what his next job will be, because he wouldn\u2019t leave Liverpool in this fashion if he had plans on walking straight into another job. You can\u2019t be as passionate about football as him and walk away from the game entirely so it will be interesting to see what he does next.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Do you think this is in part due to lack of support from FSG like some Liverpool fans have suggested?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>No one will ever know all the reasons why Klopp has decided to leave, but I don\u2019t think FSG are the main reason. Liverpool have signed a lot of players and they\u2019ve signed very, very well. Of course, a top manager will always want players like [Jude] Bellingham or Declan Rice and to miss out on those players can be frustrating for a manager, but Liverpool operate differently and by doing that they\u2019ve brought in players like [Dominik] Szoboszlai who is having an incredible season and we never thought he\u2019d be running games for Liverpool so soon into his time at the club. I think this may be a case of Liverpool fans looking for a reason because they love Klopp so much.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"DEPARTURES\"><\/a><strong>SN: Could this be the reason players like Mo Salah who was linked with a move away or Virgil Van Dijk who has 18 months left on his deal leave the club now? Klopp has had such a good relationship with the players in the time he\u2019s been at the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>I definitely think Salah and Van Dijk won\u2019t rush into a decision as to whether they\u2019ll stay on now because they will want to know what the plan is going forward and who the next manager will be and what Liverpool want to do in the transfer market. Liverpool have to make sure they bring someone in who will make Van Dijk and Salah want to stay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: How will we look back on the Klopp v Guardiola rivalry of the past 5 years in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Fans will really miss watching Klopp and Guardiola going against each other. These kinds of managers don\u2019t come around often &#8211; they\u2019re geniuses of the game and have made the Premier League a better league by being in it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Do you think this news will affect the January transfer window and Liverpool\u2019s plans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>I do question the timing of the announcement a bit. If you\u2019re a top player that wants to come to Liverpool you have to ask \u2018who\u2019s signing me, is it Klopp or is it Liverpool?\u2019 Because you don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll fit into the next manager&#8217;s system. I know things leak out and it\u2019s hard to keep these things quiet, but I\u2019d have thought you\u2019d want to get through January and then worry about it later on. It\u2019ll definitely be in the players&#8217; minds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Do Liverpool still need to sign a world-class No.6 to anchor midfield? Or has Alexis Mac Allister convinced you he can do the job permanently? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Mac Allister has done great in that role, but I think he&#8217;s still fulfilling a role and would prefer to be playing further forward. It\u2019s not like he can\u2019t do that No.6 role, but I think they could do with a more defensive-minded player to anchor the midfield for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: They\u2019ve been linked with Joshua Kimmich &#8211; would you like to see that happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Joshua Kimmich would be perfect for Liverpool. With his contract situation he\u2019s not going to be a mind blowing deal in terms of price and he\u2019s world class. He would be brilliant in that deep midfield role for Liverpool, helping the team and players around him to play the attacking football they want to by holding down that midfield. He\u2019d be a great addition to the Liverpool side.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"JOTA\"><\/a><strong>SN: Jamie Carragher says Diogo Jota might be a better natural finisher than Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez. Do you agree?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>I understood where Jamie Carragher was coming from when he called Jota a better natural finisher than Suarez and Torres because he\u2019s so calm and calculated in tight spaces around the goal. He\u2019s so good at finding delicate finishes and putting it just out of reach of the keeper, but don\u2019t get me wrong Torres and Suarez were unbelievable and had the ability to create goals out of nowhere, so I&#8217;d still prefer to have them in my team over Jota. They are all fantastic players, they all just excel at different things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Jota is that classic example of Klopp\u2019s development and Liverpool\u2019s recruitment in action isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Jota\u2019s a perfect example of how good the recruitment and Klopp\u2019s development has been since he\u2019s been manager. I think they signed him for around \u00a340m, and people thought that was too much money, but now that looks cheap. Their recruitment has been great. Nobody thought Jota was going to be as good as he is, I wouldn\u2019t even have said he was the best player at Wolves at the time, so the fact that they\u2019ve got someone that was on the fringe at Wolves and turned him into a player that\u2019s good enough to be a top player, it\u2019s a perfect example of their recruitment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Are you surprised by how good Joe Gomez has been standing in at left-back? How does he compare to other English left-backs on current form? Can he make the Euros squad?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>He\u2019s been playing very well and it\u2019s good to see. He\u2019s a great option to bring. Maybe he won\u2019t go to the Euros as a starting left-back but he can go anywhere across the back four. The fact that he\u2019s proving he can do it at this level out on the left, which is probably his worst position, it\u2019s a fantastic option for a squad where you can only bring a certain amount of players to a tournament. It\u2019s fantastic for him as well, I\u2019ve always thought he was good enough, he&#8217;s just been unlucky with a few injuries that have hindered his performances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Liverpool didn\u2019t win a trophy or finish in the top three of the Premier League under Klopp in his first three seasons, does this speak to the importance of giving managers time to build their squads?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Yes definitely, especially if you look at where the squad was when he first took over. New owners came in and with a new manager, the club had no foundation. The owners and the manager both got it right at the same time, and that will take time to come back. Especially when you\u2019re a big club and everyone expects you to be winning straight away. They were showing gradual improvements and then after a few years they were challenging for the title. Sometimes you have to wait for good things to happen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Trent Alexander-Arnold was handed his debut by Klopp and has overseen his development into a world-class talent. What does the future hold for him, particularly if he has to play in a different system?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>As long as another very intelligent manager comes in, I think Trent will have a similar role. For Trent to be allowed to do what he does, the manager will have to understand football so well and trust him. If someone comes in that is a bit more rigid I don\u2019t think we will see him in midfield as often or see him there at all. I think a young manager would love what they\u2019re seeing but a more traditional manager might keep him at right back. For Liverpool fans I think they feel he\u2019ll be more restricted at right back. He\u2019s proved he\u2019s good enough to play multiple roles so hopefully someone doesn\u2019t take that away from him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Thoughts on Liverpool\u2019s FA Cup tie against Norwich &#8211; a good win given the circumstances?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>A win is a win. No one remembers the cup performances, you just have to keep winning and stay in the competition. If no one heard the news and watched that performance, you\u2019d never know the manager was leaving. It\u2019s a credit to the players, they\u2019re not going down tools, they want to win everything. It was probably too easy for them in the first 20 minutes and any other day they could have won that 5-0. Job done, a professional performance and they\u2019re in the next round, you can\u2019t ask for much more than that.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"CHELSEA\"><\/a><strong>SN: The Carabao cup final will be between two of your former clubs in Chelsea in Liverpool &#8211; how important would a win be for Mauricio Pochettino after a tough first season in charge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>It\u2019d be a huge win and they\u2019ve got a massive chance. It\u2019s going to be tough against Liverpool but in a final everyone has a chance. You can get a little bit of luck, not be the best team and win in the final but no one cares. I think for Poch it\u2019d be a huge win, there\u2019s still an awful lot of work that needs to be done for Chelsea. If they finish eighth or ninth but win a trophy, I think that buys him a lot more time and patience from the fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: And of course those two teams play each other on Wednesday &#8211; how do you expect that game to go?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Being at Anfield it\u2019ll certainly favour Liverpool. Chelsea have proved that against the big teams on their day, they can perform. I would probably steer towards Chelsea doing well in the cup final as it\u2019s a one off game, I think they\u2019ll be more confident in playing them in a final than playing them at Anfield in the league. In the Premier League Chelsea have either been really good or really poor, so their confidence isn\u2019t great, but in a one off game, form goes out the window.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: What did you make of Chelsea-Villa on Friday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>There was a time in this fixture where the only talking point would be Chelsea. You\u2019d think if they didn\u2019t win they didn\u2019t play well, but to be honest, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case at the moment. Villa have proved they can play football, they\u2019re in that position in the league not by accident, they\u2019ve been playing really well, so it\u2019s no longer a fixture where Chelsea will blow them away. They\u2019d have loved to not go into a replay, but it\u2019s not an easy fixture now. Villa deserve some credit rather than saying Chelsea were poor, look where they are in the league and some of the performances they\u2019ve been putting in against some of the top teams, they\u2019re clearly no push over.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GALLAGHER\"><\/a><strong>SN: Despite being arguably Chelsea\u2019s best player this season and vice captain, Conor Gallagher continues to be linked with a move to Spurs &#8211; what do you make of this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>It\u2019s absolutely bonkers. It depends who\u2019s creating the rumours as it\u2019s probably come from Tottenham rather than Chelsea. I\u2019d be mind blown if they let this happen, it can\u2019t happen. There\u2019s no smoke without fire so maybe there have been talks in the past. They were talking at the start of the season if he was going to get any game time, if he was going to go out on loan, so maybe it\u2019s just continued from that. But in terms of how the season has worked out and he\u2019s played a lot more than people would have thought and he\u2019s played well, I think they\u2019d be crazy to get rid of him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SN: Armando Broja also continues to be linked with a move away, which would leave Chelsea very thin up front &#8211; do you think this would be a good move?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GJ: <\/strong>Is he going to be a player that\u2019s going to be good enough to be Chelsea\u2019s number nine for a few seasons? I\u2019m not sure at the moment. But you can\u2019t let him go without having someone in already. Also the funds that he will raise will not cover the expense of the player that they need to sign. Of course it all contributes but you still need good players on the ground. I think he\u2019s too good to sell because of his price tag, but I also think they still need another big player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has spoken about Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s announcement that he will leave the Reds in the summer. Johnson also discussed potential replacements for Klopp, things to be wary of and the perfect ending that could be in store for the German. 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