Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that the club will not be held to ransom over transfer targets and are not prepared to pay over-inflated prices. The club have already pulled out of the running for their primary option Jude Bellingham, with Borussia Dortmund likely to ask for a fee around £130million. With a midfield rebuild required, Liverpool have decided to spread their limited resources wider rather than going for a megabucks marquee signing, with Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister near the top of their alternatives. Klopp said they were not prepared to pay over the odds and have a list of targets which he feels provides the club with options if they should encounter a stumbling block in negotiations. He added that if clubs are overpriced, Liverpool cannot buy the player.
Klopp believes that their five-match winning run, which has put them within four points of fourth-placed Manchester United, will help them in their summer transfer business. He knows he cannot ‘replace the whole team’ with his summer transfers but does not believe their final league position will have much effect on the success of the business he does, although he thinks it may be of assistance to the players he currently has. He added that everything they do well now will help them for next season and that he has seen promising signs from his players.