I don't think that's entirely true, tbh.
I think he did throw a strop, albeit quietly. There were the "injuries" and the "I've played my last game for Liverpool" quotes all happening in the summer and he made no effort to disassociate himself from the rumours. All of those things started to kick off again in January.
Klopp doesn't like players who don't want to play for him and I think that he'd had enough. Rather than the club being happy with the deal I think they were just resigned to it.
Were reports that club offered him captains armband, was this just press talk?
