Klopp wants change after A-League player's act

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp lauded Adelaide United's Josh Cavallo for his bravery successful coming out, but says helium hopes determination tin beryllium a time erstwhile a akin announcement won't beryllium seen arsenic "necessary".

Since Cavallo came retired past week, the biggest names successful shot person travel retired successful enactment of the 21-year-old.

Football superstars including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcus Rashford, Sam Kerr, Antoine Griezmann and Gerard Pique were among galore to praise Cavallo for his bravery.

During a caller property conference, Klopp said it was a "problem" that nine inactive puts unit connected cheery athletes to talk retired astir their backstage life.

"I deliberation we each agree, it should not beryllium similar this," Klopp said.

"Obviously, Josh doing that and it being specified a large story, that is the occupation we have...that it's not mean oregon that helium has to marque an announcement and that he's not conscionable surviving his backstage life, and cipher should beryllium bothered by that.

"What I tin archer you with 30 years successful the industry, I ne'er had a dressing country wherever it would person been a occupation astatine all."

The Liverpool manager said the athletics and its players aren't peculiarly the problem, alternatively the cognition that's played retired among society.

"The occupation is not the interior circle, the occupation is the wider thing. We each person to enactment connected it," helium added.

Casey's praise for brave Cavallo

"It's precise disappointing that we inactive person to enactment connected it, but we person to enactment connected it, that's however it is.

"This benignant of quality is not necessary, cipher has to marque an announcement similar that... I didn't person to accidental that I'm hetero. These types of things should conscionable beryllium wholly normal.

"I saw his code oregon announcement and helium looks similar a truly strong, astute young antheral and I truly privation him each the best.

"I'm truly thankful that helium did it due to the fact that present we speech again and I'm not definite erstwhile was the past clip we talked astir this taxable and present we speech again and that's ever a bully commencement for changes."

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