“Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players”.
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“New players have to bring in their quality”.
“If I had to guess I would say rather no, but I don’t know actually because it’s a long time until the 31st of August and I have no idea”, Klopp said in an exclusive interview with ESPN FC. Many fans already feel their patience has run out with the Spanish left-back which only adds to the pressure on him, particularly if he is seen as the only option.
“If you have seen them in training, there is a special quality that we did not have a year ago”, said Klopp.
Klopp called for Merseyside to build this “special atmosphere” last season, and he will attest that this played a key role in reaching the Europa League final. After all, it’s just money and Manchester United certainly have plenty of it to spend this summer.
“The best player of the last season is good to know but it is more interesting trying to find out who will be the best one next year”, he said.
The biggest transfer of this summer so far has been the near £80m spent by Juventus on Gonzalo Higuain, and it is expected that the £100m barrier on a single player will soon be broken. It would be much cheaper too. That isn’t how we work.
Reacting to the defeat, the Reds boss stated: “For the last pass there were two things – a little bit fresher legs would help against a deep formation and the other thing is again more belief in our skills because we are able to play really good football”. Actually, I want to do it differently.
“So he’s at home, we are here; we train here, he trains there”.
“There are plenty of teams who have had one game a week and not been successful”.
It will all be sorted when the manager returns to the United Kingdom ahead of next weekend’s friendly clash with Barcelona at Wembley. He came by us in the dressing room and said sorry. The Australian global was used as back-up to Moreno last season but he has now signed for Bournemouth on a permanent deal.
Sturridge did not join Liverpool’s traveling party to Southern California, staying at their base in Palo Alto to complete extra training sessions.
Klopp stresses that his transfer strategy is very different from the FM style capture of big names for exorbitant amounts of money.
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The match had ended 1-1 after regulation time on a poor pitch. Grujic is also doubtful to be involved after picking up an injury.
