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Jurgen Klopp rants that winter World Cup makes him 'ANGRY' to talk about on the eve of the new season as Liverpool boss insists the Qatar showpiece 'happens at the wrong moment for the wrong reasons'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not happy with this year’s winter World Cup that he says is happening at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons.

The German was speaking to the press ahead of Liverpool’s opening day encounter with Fulham on Saturday and he said talking about the World Cup makes him ‘angry’.

Klopp was asked about whether the new Premier League season is still a marathon or now two sprints thanks to the winter World Cup and that led to a spectacular rant.

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‘The second part is definitely no sprint because December 26 is first game I think and until May.