Jurgen Klopp has revealed he will vote for the Premier League to scrap the current VAR.
It emerged this week that top-flight clubs are set to vote on proposals put forward by Wolves to eliminate the use of controversial technology.
Liverpool suffered one of their worst VAR-related errors at Tottenham this season when Luis Diaz’s goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside.
And while Klopp does not believe technology is inherently bad, he prefers to get rid of it because he has no faith in the people who use it.
He said: “I’m not sure if they will vote against VAR. I think I voted against the way VAR was used. Because that’s definitely not right.
“I understand that if they do it the way they do it, I will vote no. Because these people don’t use it properly.
“I don’t think VAR is the problem, but the way we use it is the problem. Obviously you can’t change people. That’s why I will vote to abolish VAR.”
‘Isn’t it just a matter of making the right decision?’
Premier League clubs are due to vote on VAR this summer, with a two-thirds vote needed to scrap the technology. This corresponds to 14 out of 20 clubs.
Wolves are the only club to publicly declare their intentions and the Press Association reported on Thursday that Liverpool support Wolves’ continued use but want it to improve.
Klopp has been vocal about VAR in the past, including when VAR somehow denied his side a penalty after Jeremy Doku high-booted Alexis Mac Allister in March.
He asked: Isn’t VAR just there to make the right decision and not think about how high the bar has to be overturned to find the right decision?
“Why would someone in the VAR studio think, ‘Oh, that’s not clear or obvious’… What did he have for lunch?!”
