Man Utd legend Neville: Ex-Liverpool stars ridiculous with Klopp hype
Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes Jurgen Klopp's move to Liverpool has been wildly overhyped.
Neville does not understand the adulation Klopp has received since signing a three-year deal at Anfield.
"I'm not sure whether Klopp reads our media but I imagine he would be quite uncomfortable seeing the eulogies," Neville wrote in his column for The Telegraph. "There's been quite a bit of fawning when he has yet to play a football match in England, never mind win one.
"It is almost as if Liverpool have to impress Jurgen Klopp. It should be the other way round. On the internet I came across ex-Liverpool players saying this was 'a marriage made in heaven' and 'it's giving me goosebumps.'
"Well, I'm not a Liverpool fan. I get that. I understand the intrigue and the excitement around a new manager, but I'm also thinking: if we go back to original principles, it was about managers having to prove themselves, players having to prove themselves, people in life having to prove themselves. Now, we elevate people to the status of exotic creatures."