Jurgen Klopp agrees with Super League court decision as Liverpool statement backed

Jurgen Klopp has backed Liverpool's stance over the controversial European Super League proposals but revealed he is on board with FIFA and UEFA being overruled this week.

On Thursday, the European Court of Justice, in Luxembourg, stated that FIFA and UEFA, the world and European football's governing bodies, had "abused a dominant position" by threatening clubs looking to break away to form a new Super League with sanctions, bans and financial punishments.

The ECJ ruled such actions were "unlawful" which has since raised the prospect of revised plans for a European Super League which sought to create a new continental competition involving 12 of the biggest clubs which ring fenced their participation, allowing them annual access to the money brought in as a result.

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It raised the prospect of a the reformation of the Super League that was widely condemned back in April 2021 and Liverpool moved to distance themselves from such a prospect on Friday morning with a short statement on their website.

Klopp, who was a vocal critic of those 2021 plans, says he is in full agreement with his employers over the stance but admitted he was pleased to see both FIFA and UEFA overruled as he called for more consultation around any potential addition of new competitions to the world football calendar.

"I agree 100% with that [club] statement but I like the wording anyway," Klopp said. "I just like it that we finally get a bit of understanding that FIFA and UEFA and other FAs or whatever cannot just do what they want and create new [competitions] because in football we have to talk