It used to be argued that Pep Guardiola would burn out. Him, his players, his club. That is why he’d only do three years. Too much intensity, too many demands. By the end, everyone is exhausted. He has to recharge and move on.
We’re hearing the same about Jurgen Klopp now. That he’s baked, that he’s done. He lasted 270 games at Mainz, 316 with Borussia Dortmund, he’s on 300 with Liverpool. That’s the Klopp time span, apparently. That’s when his mentality monsters crack under the strain.
Yet Guardiola does not seem to be doing so bad in what is now his fifth Manchester City season, so who is to say Klopp cannot renew once this blighted campaign is done?