UNITED ARE SHARK BAIT

Klopp has no sympathy for underfire United boss and warns predators will be circling for their pound of flesh

- SIMON MULLOCK

JURGEN KLOPP insists he cannot not feel sorry for Manchester United's beleaguered new manager Erik ten Hag.

Klopp has warned the Dutchman to beware the Premier League "sharks", who will want to swallow him whole if he is unable to halt a nightmare start at Old Trafford.

United have already been battered by both Brighton and Brentford.

But the Liverpool boss admitted that sympathy will be in short supply if he can add to Ten Hag's problems when he takes his team to Manchester tomorrow night.

Asked whether he had any comfort to offer his new rival, Klopp replied: "No, I've not.

"It's football problems - and we all have problems.

"I'm not sure that, if you went to Manchester United, you could ask Ten Hag whether he thinks we have a few injuries too many. It's not like this.

"The football world is a sea full of sharks. It is not necessary that I feel sympathy.

"It will not help them or harm them that I don't.

"We all have our own problems - and that's it." Ten Hag is already under huge pressure, going into a fixture seen as the biggest game of the season by both clubs.