Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged everyone to stay calm when it comes to handling the futures of some of their biggest stars.Virgil van Dijk, who along with Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold has 18 months left on his contract, has said he was curious to see where the club was heading with Klopp’s departure pending and admitted he did not know whether he would be part of a new era at Anfield."A week ago when no one knew about my decision and there were 18 months on the contracts, nobody asked. So give us a break, give the boys a break," Klopp said.
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00:00 No, I don't think so, it's completely normal.
00:03 When we spoke about it, I said what I had to say,
00:06 and it was always clear that the outside world will not give you a second
00:10 to process it, to think about it, it's just the next thing,
00:13 it's, "What are you doing?"
00:15 So a week ago, when nobody knew about my decision,
00:19 he had 18 months on the contract, nobody asked.
00:22 So give us a break, give the boys a day,
00:24 but if you want to find somebody who is not safe now,
00:27 has a contract, 25, you will find it.
00:30 So I knew that it would happen,
00:32 because you can't wait with these kinds of questions.
00:35 Virgil didn't go out and say, "By the way, what I want to say."
00:38 So it's always about the questions, and we always need to answer these kinds of things.
00:44 The club knew about my departure already for a while,
00:49 now they could have used the time and tied the players down,
00:54 and then I say, "By the way, I'm not here any more."
00:57 And then they say, "Nobody told us that, you cannot work like this,
01:00 "especially not with the relationship we have."
01:03 There's enough time to do everything, these players love to be here, don't forget that.
01:07 It's not that they are out on one foot,
01:10 they want to know a little bit about perspective, but that's there and it will happen,
01:13 and it will happen especially behind the scenes.
01:16 And the only annoying part is you, because everything is fine,
01:20 just because we have constantly to answer questions.
01:22 "What's going on there, why they don't do that, why they don't do that?"
01:26 Because things, especially important things, need time.