Klopp put block on Amazon follow-up SPORTS AGENDA

JURGEN KLOPP is understood to have been chiefly responsible for turning down an approach from Amazon for another All or Nothing documentary following their Manchester City series.

Amazon Prime were keen to go behind the scenes at Anfield this season, and it’s said that many of the Liverpool top brass, including American owner John henry, were in favour.

But Klopp had the final say and was fully against the intrusion. he believes there is nothing to be gained from fly- on-the-wall exposure and that people’s behaviour changes in front of camera.

The Anfield boss would also have been aware that Being Liverpool, the six-part documentary on the club filmed in 2012, did not show former manager Brendan Rodgers in a good light.

After the Liverpool rejection, Amazon hope to strike a deal with Bayern Munich. AMONG the concerns of the organisers of the 2019 Rugby World Cup is how to deal with the dreaded English press. Japanese culture accentuates politeness, with a strict etiquette governing social interactions. Safe to say these are not necessarily the major priorities of our highly competitive press pack when chasing a story. The RFU have decided that none of their staff will receive their habitual annual bonus.

This suggests english rugby’s ruling body, who declared a £6million operating loss for the financial year ending June 2017, will not hit targets in 2018 — especially after a recent redundancy process in which 52 jobs were lost.

The RFU’s financial management has been the subject of much scrutiny following a report by former chief executive Francis Baron, who is due to have a second meeting with RFU chairman Andy Cosslett. The bonus ban doesn’t affect england head coach eddie Jones (above), who has a separate performance-related deal. But after finishing fifth in the Six Nations, eddie will not be getting any extra money either. DOUBTS and suspicions surrounding the Wembley sale were laid bare at a meeting of around 70 FA councillors. The summit took place a week before the FA board are due to vote on September 27 over whether to recommended the proposed £600m deal with Fulham owner Shahid Khan. It didn’t help that FA staff were not invited to the councillors’ meeting to explain the fine print of the Wembley sale, so many confused blazers left still unclear of the full picture. It only added to the uncertainty when they were asked to vote in a secret ballot on whether they will automatically accept the decision of the three National Game representatives at next week’s board meeting. Most would probably have said no. The pathetic reason given by former FA vice-chairman Roger Burden for keeping the vote a secret was so that the result didn’t end up in the next day’s Daily Mail.