UCL: Klopp clashes with reporter after calling African Cup of Nations ‘little tournament’

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has lashed out at a reporter after he was accused of insulting Africa by referring to the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, as a ‘little tournament’.

Before Liverpool’s Champions League match against Porto on Wednesday night, Klopp was asked about the lack of international breaks until March.

And in response, Klopp said, “No international break until March, I’ve heard that so often, but in January there’s a little tournament in Africa, I just want to say.”

And after Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Porto, a reporter returned to the Liverpool boss, asking him to apologize to the people of Africa for his choice of words.


The German said, “It’s all good, I didn’t mean it like that. I don’t know why you understand it like that to be honest.

“I didn’t mean it like that, come on… so I was not even close to it being the idea in my mind that I want to talk about the AFCON as a ‘little tournament’ or about the continent of Africa as a ‘little continent’, not at all.

“What I meant was, if you watch the full press conference, then you might have understood it the right way if you wanted to because I said there are no international breaks until March now.

“I said, ‘oh, there’s a little tournament in January’ and I didn’t mean a ‘little’ tournament, I was just saying it’s still a tournament, it’s ironic. It’s still a tournament, a big one. We [will] lose our best players to that tournament.

“I am not a native speaker but if you want to understand me wrong, you can do that all the time.

“I really don’t… I know that I would never think like this. I don’t understand why you thought this to be honest, but that’s really not OK as I would never do that.

“But that is it now. It was not my intention but you made something [more] of it, so that is not so cool to be 100 per cent honest.”

https://dailypost.ng/2021/11/25/ucl-klopp-clashes-with-reporter-after-calling-african-cup-of-nations-little-tournament/

iyen klopp na, make e just talk say e go miss Manè and Salah them why does he have to low rate Afcon

Clop, Diego simeoni and Costa would have been mad men roaming the street if not that they where fortunate to be born in a developed country that has the best psychiatric hospitals, despite visiting psychiatric hospitals from time to time, they still behave and talk like mad people sometimes.

all these journalist and reporters eh they understood wat he meant o they just wanted to implicate him

Kloop will miss his men

Is AFCON not a little tournament? Boring matches with under 2 goals and poor video coverage.

KingEverest:
all these journalist and reporters eh they understood wat he meant o they just wanted to implicate him

See the AFCON should NEVER be disrespected


Kloop didn't see it like Africa's world cup


He see it as something his key players will just go and return.



No no no ....it must be seen as it is.... African world cup..

Joysticks:
Is AFCON not a little tournament? Boring matches with under 2 goals and poor video coverage.

can also make such statement if it was the European championship he was talking about?

ifytrik:
Clop, Diego simeoni and Costa would have been mad men roaming the street if not that they where fortunate to be born in a developed country that has the best psychiatric hospitals, despite visiting psychiatric hospitals from time to time, they still behave and talk like mad people sometimes.

Oya sorry. Make una no quote me again.

him no lie na what's the fuss about
Afcon no get level at all imagine no VAR in the last qualifiers, teams still write to complain about ref, it's a big shame
let's tell ourselves the truth africa and afcon are both little things!

KingEverest:
all these journalist and reporters eh they understood wat he meant o they just wanted to implicate him

If it were the uefa tournament, would he have described it in the same way. He may not have meant to disrespect the afcon tournament but, human inate perception goes a long way in determining his choice of words in social interaction. That is why when interacting with people try to pay close attention to their choice of words and not just what they are trying to communicate, so you could have a better understanding of them.

the most important thing is dt..he was asked n he explained dt he was misunderstood out of context....
to me, all country tournaments are little except the biggest n prestigious worldcup...
I see no bits of racism or disrespect in his words bcox we know hoe much he love black players...

It's indeed a little tournament

KingEverest:
all these journalist and reporters eh they understood wat he meant o they just wanted to implicate him

sure....dts their area of specialization...they are trained to put words into people mouths n watch u lose ur cool so dey can make headlines n sell more..
dts why i respect players like zlatan dt knows how best to answer them with clapbacks

paulolee:

sure....dts their area of specialization...they are trained to put words into people mouths n watch u lose ur cool so dey can make headlines n sell more..
dts why i respect players like zlatan dt knows how best to answer them with clapbacks

swears zlatan my ma

robosky02:
Kloop will miss his men

swears....na him dt AFCON go affect pass....I hear world cup is late November, why dm no shift dis AFON till d end of the season na?

ifytrik:
Clop, Diego simeoni and Costa would have been mad men roaming the street if not that they where fortunate to be born in a developed country that has the best psychiatric hospitals, despite visiting psychiatric hospitals from time to time, they still behave and talk like mad people sometimes.

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Afcon na small tournament na

Just like we know copa America is a little tournament as well.

He said he was misunderstood because he is not a native English speaker. Case closed!

Klop really have problem with this AFCON tournament, coz he will be loosing key players, but he should stop taking it personal, as is not first time for the tournament. The reporter was right

Little tournament or no little tournament all African players must represent their countries

I'm yet to figure out the "clash" in the write-up

Lol I believe what jurgen wanted to say was "brief tournament"

Before you comment or abuse Kloop watch the interview.

Truth is bitter. Na little tournament. If u no like hit ur head for wall

He called it an irony...can he joke with Euro or copa America like that