And now Dortmund have opened the door to a move by saying they would have no hard feelings towards Klopp is he swooped for their star men.
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“We don’t want them going on to the pitch with their papers thinking ‘what is point three?'”.
“We will go into the big games as the underdogs and tell the lads to enjoy themselves because nobody expects you to get a result”, Allardyce said.
Next year represents the 40th anniversary of Southampton’s last major trophy, having famously shocked Manchester United to win the 1976 FA Cup. The right amount of information is very important. “But in the dressing room we can’t say anything bad about Brendan because just two years ago he was second with Liverpool and he is a great coach”, he said. If ever a cup-run was needed then, it’s now for The Saints, who last reached the semi-finals of the competition in 1979.
“Say if you have 20 injuries, you can not be treated like a player who has his first one”. I knew that you played very often when I came here and that is what we are doing.
“In a flawless world we would have more time to train”.
The former Borussia Dortmund manager remained coy though over the availability of in-form midfielder Coutinho and insisted that any decision regarding the involvement of the Brazilian will be made after the end of Tuesday’s training.
The Merseysiders, who have won six of their last seven games in all competitions, play seven times this month and kick-off the hectic schedule at Southampton in an English League Cup quarter- final tomorrow (HK time). It’s football. We have to play football.
“I’m sorry to kill your stories about German goalkeepers and different goalkeepers from Stoke – we are not looking for another goalkeeper”.
If Coutinho isn’t 100% it might be better to rest him, as the Premier League tie at St. James’s Park with Newcastle is absolutely crucial – and we’ll need him ready.
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“Whenever I go home and I’m in a shop or in a petrol station the Southampton fans are brilliant with me”. We have to give the right advice in the right moment.
