Jurgen Klopp and Gabby Agbonlahor do not have the best of relationships but the talkSPORT pundit now believes he has rattled the Liverpool boss.
The drama surrounding the pair began in August when Klopp was not happy about the former footballer’s comment about Man United following the Red Devils’ 4-0 defeat away to Brentford.
Speaking about this, Klopp said via Sky Sports: “It was obviously not a nice week for United after the Brentford game. We forget in these moments how good Brentford are. It [the reaction to it] was that bad, I drove home after watching the first half here [at the training ground] and I listened to talkSPORT and Gabby [Agbonlahor].
“He lost against us 6-0 in my first year, so I couldn’t remember him as a mentality monster on the pitch then – but what he said about Man Utd in that show, I was close to calling in and telling him: ‘You forgot completely that you were a player'”.
Agbonlahor now believes he has somehow rattled Klopp following Liverpool’s terrible start to the season.
Gabby Agbonlahor has a go at Liverpool and Klopp
Speaking about Liverpool and Klopp on talkSPORT, Agbonlahor said: “Klopp only knew my first name, not my second name.
“He knew, it is that way of saying like ‘don’t know who he is, what’s his name Gabby, Gabby what?’
“Ever since, 16 points behind Arsenal now, it has not been a mentality monster season has it for Liverpool.
“He [Klopp] has been rattled and this season Liverpool have not been the same as they should be.
When asked if he has rattled Jurgen Klopp, Agbonlahor smiled and replied: “Yeah”.
? “Klopp only knew my first name, not my second name! He knew what he was doing.”
? “Ever since…16 points behind Arsenal! Not the ‘mentality monsters’ like he said.”
? “Klopp had been rattled!”@Ga11Agbon looks back at when #LFC’s Jurgen Klopp called him out ? pic.twitter.com/cnJQOiWrTM
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) January 12, 2023
Congratulations to Agbonlahor for remaining relevant via Klopp’s shadow. It’s easy to sit behind the microphone and spit whatever comes to mind. I saw Villa dismiss Stevie and didn’t see him interview for the post of head coach( I guess he was busy being Head talkSPORT pundit). The easiest part of football is punditry that’s why AVERAGE footballers like him could dare say they rattled a coach like Klopp. Gabby please ask Gary Neville how it went down at Valencia.