Jurgen Klopp ridicules former Liverpool star Didi Hamann after criticism

Jurgen Klopp has mocked former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann, suggesting his comments are worthless after recent criticism.

A comment from Hamann was put to Klopp at his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Rangers on Wednesday and he did not take kindly to it.

A reporter put it to Klopp that it has been suggested that Liverpool need a spark as they struggle for consistency at the start of this season.

The Reds boss asked who had said Liverpool need a spark and when the reporter told him it was Hamann, the manager went on a brief but remarkable rant.

‘Oh great, he’s a fantastic source, well respected everywhere,’ Klopp said sarcastically of his compatriot.

‘That [being a former Liverpool player] doesn’t give you the right to say what you want especially when you have no idea.

‘I actually think Didi Hamann doesn’t deserve that you use his phrase to ask me a question.

‘Do me a favour and ask your own question. Try to ask a question without the word spark, that’s the challenge now.’

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Klopp may well have been irked by comments from Hamann this week as the former midfielder suggested the Liverpool boss could be under pressure to keep his job if results don’t improve.

‘At some stage, I think we will have that discussion about the manager and I’m not sure how far we are off that,’ Hamann told talkSPORT.

‘He said that he still feels that he’s the right man to do it, but I see little things like Jordan Henderson midweek seeing his number going up and reluctantly taking his armband off