'I would leave the club' - Jurgen Klopp Liverpool resolve could be tested if FSG talks pay off
Fly on the wall documentaries are becoming part and parcel of modern football, following the highs and lows of a club during a season.
Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have all enjoyed Amazon Prime’s ‘All or Nothing’ treatment in recent years, while the streamer also released ‘We Are Newcastle United’ last year.
Netflix produced ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’, while Disney+ is the home of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ following the club’s takeover by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Meanwhile, Salford City’s fortunes have also been followed since being taken over by former Manchester United stars Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt, with ‘Class of ‘92: Out of their league’ airing on the BBC and ‘Class of ‘92: Full time’ airing on Sky Sports.
Yet, perhaps Liverpool went first, so to speak, when their own series ‘Being: Liverpool’ first aired on UK television on Channel Five back in 2012. The series would follow the start of the club’s 2012/13 season following the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as manager, as the Reds went on tour of the United States.
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In hindsight perhaps groundbreaking, at the time the Scott Boggins-produced six-episode series was instead derided as cringe-worthy by its detractors. It would ultimately be a few more years until such documentaries became popular in the market.
Now coming up to 12 years since ‘Being: Liverpool’ first aired, Bloomberg reports that the Reds are in talks with various media groups about being part of another behind-the-scenes documentary. And they suggest that Jurgen Klopp is in favour of
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