Gary Neville left with egg on his face one year on from brutal Liverpool prediction

Jurgen Klopp announced the daze quality helium would beryllium leaving Liverpool past twelvemonth aft 9 years astatine Anfield, starring to fears the nine could conflict without him, but successor Arne Slot has since helped the squad spell apical of the table

Gary Neville's prediction that Liverpool would beryllium "f***ed for 30 years" aft Jurgen Klopp's exit has travel backmost to wound him 1 twelvemonth connected from the daze news.

Klopp announced helium would beryllium ending his nine-year reign astatine Anfield on January 26 past year, leaving fans disquieted for the aboriginal of the nine aft the unthinkable occurrence helium had overseen since his accomplishment successful 2015.

The German won the Premier League, Champions League, the FA Cup and 2 Carabao Cups - arsenic good arsenic the Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup and his departure led to fears the Reds could beryllium stuck successful the wilderness for a fig of years.

His successor Arne Slot, however, has made a mockery of those concerns, starring Liverpool to the apical of the Premier League with a six-point borderline implicit Arsenal.

Liverpool besides pb the Champions League standings and person qualified for the last-16, portion they stay successful the Carabao Cup and FA Cup too.

Club fable Jamie Carragher revealed however Neville had teased him implicit the archetypal quality Klopp was leaving past year, arsenic his Sky Sports workfellow made a bold prediction.

"I aftermath up and I get the Klopp news," Carragher said connected the Stick to Football podcast. "[Neville] past substance maine saying he's successful the aforesaid spot skiing. I was similar ohio no. Can I work you what helium sent me? I americium successful Courchevel. Your manager is f***ing disconnected and that's you batch f***ed for different 30 years."

It's not the archetypal clip Neville has been near red-faced implicit a Liverpool prediction aft double-downing connected his content that the squad would beryllium impacted by Klopp's exit.

He told Monday Night Football successful August: "I deliberation Liverpool, my presumption would beryllium that the interaction of (Jurgen) Klopp volition instrumentality its toll. The grounds of history. There volition beryllium immoderate symptom astatine immoderate constituent this play and it could outgo them.

"I deliberation Liverpool person a amended squad than Manchester United, acold amended forwards. But I truly bash question whether that Liverpool midfield tin basal up implicit the season. I deliberation Manchester United person got much extent successful midfield."

After Neville praised Liverpool months later, Slot deed back: "He had a antithetic sentiment connected america astatine the commencement of the season, which astir apt astir radical had astir us, but our fans. We don't look astatine it astatine this infinitesimal similar this."

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