The homophobic affair regarding Billy Gilmour and Liverpool fans is not going away. After insulting chants at the last week’s game in Norwich, The Reds condemned the action, calling it offensive and inappropriate, and urged the supporters to refrain from such chants in the future. But the Reds have gone even further, as coach Jurgen Klopp met Paul Amann, founder of ‘Kop Outs’ to discuss the incident of homophobic chanting and slammed the supporters who did so to the on-loan Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour. Jürgen Klopp met with @LFC_LGBT this week to discuss the incident of homophobic chanting at Norwich City. The pair discuss the impact of such chants on LGBT+ supporters, why they should not occur again, and the importance of inclusivity. #RedTogether pic.twitter.com/J5Axce1PqR— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 19, 2021 Certain parts of the away section chanted “Chelsea rent boy” which was aimed at Gilmour, the only player on the field who is on loan from the Blues. According to George Starkey-Midha, who worked for anti-discrimination organization ‘Kick It Out’, the homophobic slur originates from the 1980’s “and is intended as an insult to suggest all Chelsea fans are gay.”LIVERPOOL – BURNLEYAfter facing Burnley this Saturday, Liverpool will host Chelsea at Anfield on 28th of August, and the German has made it clear he will not tolerate any repeats in the future. “It’s from no perspective the nicest song in the world. I can imagine now that people out there think, ”Come on, it’s only winding them up” and stuff like this. But that’s the problem: most of the time we don’t understand. From a player or coach’s perspective, I can say these songs don’t help us as well. It’s definitely a waste of time because we don’t listen. I hear in the stadium when they start singing about Bobby Firmino, Mo Salah, ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ obviously. That gives you goosebumps – that gives you a push. The other songs are a complete waste of time. If you think what you sing, you are an idiot. I never understand that, why you would sing a song that is against something in a football stadium? I never got that. I never liked it and I don’t like this. Especially in our case, we have probably the best songbook in the world” said Liverpool boss during the conversation with Amman.
