A lot is often said about managers and how much power they have at a football club, with those at the very top of the game often having plenty of control.
Jurgen Klopp seems to be one of those managers.
After Liverpool’s recent home win over Red Bull Salzburg, a clip was released showing manager Jesse Marsch’s half-time team talk, and it went viral.
Klopp was asked about the clip at a press conference and he made it very clear that if Liverpool ever insisted on putting cameras in the Reds’ locker room, then he’d leave the club as he would not be comfortable with it.
According to a report in The Times, Liverpool have been approached TV companies wanting to film fly on the wall documentaries about the Reds, but unlike in 2012 when owners FSG allowed ‘Being Liverpool’ to be created, this time around, the answer was ‘no’ and that was because Klopp didn’t want to do it.
Now, Tottenham on the other hand, have agreed to be the subjects of The Amazon Prime documentary ‘All or Nothing’, which shows life behind the scenes at a football club.
Speaking about it at a press conference, Spurs’ manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted that having the cameras around was “complicated” and “another thing to worry about”, which sounds like he wasn’t too keen on the idea.
The fact that Klopp had the power to veto a documentary, but that Spurs have seemingly thrust one upon Pochettino is another example of the standing of both men at their respective clubs.
Both are excellent managers but it looks like one, Klopp, has the ability to manage those above him as well as his players, whereas the other, Pochettino, does not, which, unfortunately, makes the Argentinian look like a bit of a yes man.
