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Klopp backs idea of helping EFL teams


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Published : 26 Sep 2020 09:22 PM

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said Premier League teams should look to help England’s lower division clubs that have taken huge financial hits amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Reuters.

The English Football League (EFL) oversees the three tiers below the Premier League - the Championship, League One and League Two - and clubs in these divisions largely rely on matchday revenue to operate.

The British government this week postponed plans to allow a limited number of fans back into stadiums from October after a second wave of COVID-19 infections and the move is expected to have a massive impact.

“In general people in a better position should help people in a less good position, 100%,” Klopp told a news conference ahead of Monday’s league clash against Arsenal.

“I don’t understand the structure 100% - in Germany you have Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, so they have to share the problems so that makes things slightly easier. “There isn’t a general answer... the position in this moment for all clubs isn’t really easy.