Jurgen Klopp Insists Liverpool Will Not Use Money as an “Excuse” in the Transfer Window
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that the club will not use money as an “excuse” in the transfer window, despite the growing influence and cash flow of Chelsea and Saudi Arabia. This comes after Liverpool lost out to Chelsea in deals for Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, with both choosing to join the London club.
Klopp was asked if the club was finding it harder to attract players this summer. He responded by saying, “I’m not sure that has something to do with Liverpool, to be honest. Harder to attract? No. Everything is more difficult, everything. There are reasons, you all know them. You probably wrote about it already, these stories are not what I have to say about it. But it’s really difficult, there are a lot of things that are different since last year.”
Klopp acknowledged the power of Chelsea’s endless transfer business and the growing influence of Saudi Arabia in throwing “endless money” at players. He said, “Some clubs have a different way to do it and nobody understands 100 percent how it works. As a normal club, it’s really difficult to catch up with them. We just watch what they are doing and that’s fine, not my problem. I don’t blame anyone, just how it is.”
Klopp: Money is Not an Excuse for Liverpool
Klopp went on to say that the endless money from Saudi Arabia is making life “more difficult” but that has no role in convincing a target to move to Anfield. He said, “Yes, it became more difficult, but not to convince players to go to Liverpool. One-hundred percent, if I would have called one million players they would have come here immediately. It’s just we have to make sure you go for the right ones, our timing is different than other timings. We cannot just spend and have a look later, that’s how it is. It’s fine.”
Klopp also pointed out that Liverpool cannot use money as an excuse for their transfer window decisions. He said, “I sit here and I’m really happy with the transfer window in this moment, our transfer window. I know what happened last week, I know how football fans are, and I know they would prefer to bring in a player who is £110 million or £150 million, and that your club can do that. That’s kind of nice but in the end, the pitch is the same size, the player will not grow with the money he costs, it’s rather the other way around. I’m really happy for the moment. We will keep watching, we will keep looking. We will try with all we have to make the best decisions for this club and we will not use money or anything else as an excuse for one second. We will just go for it with all we have. That’s the idea. We do it our way, we are here and we are ready to fight.”
Conclusion
It is clear from Jurgen Klopp’s comments that Liverpool will not be using money as an excuse when it comes to their transfer window decisions this summer. Despite the growing influence and cash flow of Chelsea and Saudi Arabia, Klopp insists that Liverpool will make the best decisions for the club with all they have and will not be swayed by money or anything else.