The manager of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, said in an interview today (Thursday) that it is "unfair" to expect footballers to make political statements ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, this in a speech at the ceremony where he received the 'Freedom of Liverpool' award, an award on behalf of the City of Liverpool, being the second foreigner to receive the award After Nelson Mandela.
Klopp said that England captain Harry Kane's intention to wear a captain's armband in the colors of the gay community during the matches of the Three Lions team is a good and necessary thing.
"I don't like that we expect the players now to do something. They go there to play football," Klopp told Sky News.
"The fact that we are in this generation does not mean that it is required of the players to say now that 'we are not going, or we are not doing it.'
Klopp also said: "The decision to hold the tournament in Qatar was made by other people and if you want to criticize someone, criticize the people who made the decision."
Klopp's comments come after several calls by human rights groups for players to speak out about Qatar's record on alleged abuse of migrant workers and treatment of the LGBT community.
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