Klopp says Ceferin should not resign but Paris was ‘worst possible’ venue for final

Jürgen Klopp has said Uefa’s president, Aleksander Ceferin, should not resign over the appalling organisation of last season’s Champions League final but there must be accountability for relocating the game to “the worst possible” venue in Paris.

An independent panel commissioned by Uefa found European football’s governing body bore “primary responsibility” for the dangerous scenes outside Stade de France last May, when the actions of Liverpool supporters helped prevent a “mass fatality catastrophe”.

Ceferin, who will stand unopposed for re-election for another four years in April, has presided over several chaotic and dangerous finals in recent years, including the 2020 European Championship at Wembley and last season’s Europa League final in Seville. But Klopp believes Uefa officials who chose the French capital to host the final when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ruled out Saint Petersburg should consider their positions instead of the president.

Asked whether Ceferin, who has not commented on the panel’s damaging findings, should resign, the Liverpool manager replied: “No. I’m not sure who made the decision, to be honest. I’m the boss of some people as well, and on a lot of things I’m not 100% on the subject. So I get information from different people and then you make a decision. The better the information you get, the better the decisions are.

“I don’t think Mr Ceferin made the decision but somebody put all the papers together saying what the best place is. I can’t see him flying to Paris or Rome or Berlin and saying: ‘Oh, it’s not that good.’ There are other people who bring that together. Maybe one of them should have a think if there is not a better place for them in another job, I don’t know.

“But I think Paris