Jurgen Klopp condemns social media after Ozil and Karius abuse

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has condemned the hate directed at players on social media and says he hopes that “people can start talking again.”

Klopp does not like social media, and that’s probably why he doesn’t use it: “the smartest decision in life was not to use social media,” Klopp told ESPN.

Klopp’s views on social media have been shaped by the abuse that his goalkeeper Loris Karius received after his mistakes in the Champions League final, and the treatment that Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has endured after meeting with Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“I never really thought it right if you listen to people, they don’t show you their face — if you want to tell me you’re not happy with me, tell me now, but don’t go out and write it on your smartphone and put it on Facebook, Instagram, whatever,” he said.

“That’s the crazy part of the world, obviously, but we all are not really bothered about it as long as we are not involved.

“We accept it like that’s how the world is now, but the moment when you’re in the middle of the storm, then you will think, ‘Wow, that’s really different to how it was in the good old times.'”

Klopp seems to be yearning for a time when instant messages did not exist and if people wanted to communicate with you, they had to find you first.

He added: “Obviously, in their rooms when they write, they don’t care about the person. Not only Loris — [they care] about nobody. They don’t care. It’s like they have a lot of power in that moment and they use it, but power is two things.

“When one has power, the other one who feeds it and so I really would say it’s a good idea in life to really don’t get in these things.

“I’m not sure that it will happen, but maybe one time, we can start talking again and don’t write messages to each other.”

Karius has featured prominently for the Reds during their pre-season campaign, but is likely to fall down the pecking order at Anfied when the Premier League begins in August, as Brazilian shot-stopper Alisson has just arrived at the club for a world record transfer fee paid for a goalkeeper.

Liverpool play Manchester United on Saturday in their last International Champions Cup friendly before hosting West Ham United at Anfield in the Premier League on 12 August.

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