Jurgen Klopp defends comments on Man City despite being called ‘borderline xenophobe’

 Jurgen Klopp has defended his controversial comments about the spending of clubs including Manchester City after his comments were heavily criticized by the Premier League champions.

Klopp, speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool’s game with West Ham on Wednesday, claimed the bitter row following his comments was the result of a misunderstanding as he is a non-native speaker of English.

The German insisted he thought he had put his views into “perspective” when he said City were a club that could “do what they wanted financially” because of their ownership model.

“We don’t have to be best friends with other clubs, but people don’t want to be friends with us,” he said.

“It started with the question and I answered it. I know what I was thinking when I said it and I put it in perspective and said I respect what they do. It was still not good for some, but the most important thing as a club with our fans – we put in an incredible performance on Sunday.

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