The likely end of this is likely to be quite a bitter and contracted civil war, between those who take Klopps side, and those who take the owners. I mean honestly, I can see both sides.
Some important points to note from this though. Firstly any Liverpool fan who thinks they can bounce FSG out like they did H & G is living in dreamworld. They are in much deeper than H & G were and probably need the Liverpool cash cow even more than they did. They also saw what happened to H & G and believe me, they will have put precautions in place to ensure they can't have a sale forced, at a nominal price and ensuring they get none of the money they've loaned the club back. The key thing is, at board level, with the exception of Dalglish they are all FSG loyalists. I'm not even sure if Dalglish is on the board. But essentially they are FSG loyalists, who know they will get another job in their stable if it all goes wrong. They have got a situation where they are not getting outvoted at board level.
In fighting of this nature rarely helps any football club. When Benitez started on this track, they went from 1st in February, to in the relegation zone within 18 months, with him collapsing to 8th place in the league in between. While some of the structures are stronger for them, other parts are a lot riskier now than 10 years ago. So from the outside we should welcome this divergence of opinion.
More and more journalists are turning now too. It looks coordinated. I am not sure who is leading it, whether it goes all the way back to Klopp, but it feels coordinated. Even the owners stumping up the cash for 2 CB's hasn't abetted the general feeling.
I would have said this was mad even 3 months ago, never mind a year ago, but I really can see a world where Klopp is removed from him job, or makes his position completely untenable. I always felt he was a bit quirky and nuts, but fundamentally understood the "project" Liverpool were going to. Essentially not competing on price for the top players, locating value in the market, and where a massive sale could be made, going the extra mile on a replacement. Part of that implies though, that you know most seasons you won't be competing with manchester City. You made do for a couple of years, then you will have a drop off, and the process starts again.
Somewhere along the line it looks like he has forgotten this, or he has moved on his end of the bargain. Whether that is because he has seen City initially struggle, and a side that will probably not get 100 points, and feels they could have got another title. Or whether he has has a change of heart, I'm not sure. But he doesn't look like manager who is relishing what is likely to be a rebuild job- potentially quite a substantial one, next summer. He looks the sort who will make a lot of problem if he doesn't like something as well.
