West Ham chief Karren Brady takes dig at Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
West Ham chief Karren Brady believes that the mooted five substitutions rule in the Premier League will benefit the big six clubs the most.
This comes after Liverpool made four changes in the FA Cup clash against Championship side Nottingham Forest to win it.
Jurgen Klopp has called for five substitutions to become permanent in the English top flight and Brady is not having any of it.
She wrote in The Sun, “The mass Liverpool four-man walk-on at Nottingham Forest was Jurgen Klopp’s latest statement that the substitution rules should be updated.
“The German manager is practically evangelical in his demand that England should follow the continent and the FA Cup and allow five substitutes in league matches.
“I am sure many among the crowd at Forest’s stadium on Sunday, as well as millions of viewers, gasped at the invasion of four men from the Premier League club’s exceptional player pool to try to beat the Championship side. It worked, too.
“Some people think that football pushed equality aside a long time ago.”
Fair point
The traditional big six clubs have deeper pockets and deeper squads than the rest of the teams.
For them to have the advantage of bringing five quality players in instead of three, is unfair, to say the least.
If it was a level playing field and teams had equal resources, then it would’ve made a world of sense.
Hopefully, Brady is wrong as she thinks it will inevitably become a five-subs rule permanently.
During the pandemic, it made sense to do it but now as it will only benefit a small minority.
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