“And if you have seen them in training, there is a special quality that we did not have past year”.
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Paul Pogba is likely to go down as the most expensive signing in history when he inevitably makes his move to Manchester United and Klopp has made it clear that dropping £100 million+ on a player is never going to be his style.
“Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players, yes”.
“If you all swim in the same pool, the pool is too small – you all go for the same players”, said Klopp. “So I want them to do the things because they want to do it, that’s all”. “I am sorry for him, I am sorry for the Liverpool player”. I look for other players, the ones who have the quality and ability to play in the Champions League but are ready to qualify together. I know Fabregas is a good man and he’s not a player to have this type of situation.
Georginio Wijnaldum and Sadio Mane headline a list of signings also including Loris Karius, Alex Manninger, Joel Matip, Ragnar Klavan and Marko Grujic but Klopp insists his scouting team did their due diligence on each of them regardless of reputations.
“We know more about them than they can imagine”, he said.
“It’s a lot more intense, probably the most intense I’ve ever experienced at any club”, he said.
However, Klopp has warned both the new arrivals and the existing members of his squad they have to prove their value to the team and not their individual worth.
Sturridge joined up with the majority of his team mates at the club’s training base in California last week, as Liverpool continue their pre-season tour of the United States.
“[There are some new drills] because we didn’t have time to work with the boys last season”.
“If you knew it now that would be a really cool transfer! I think he will be okay”.
Former Liverpool skipper Barnes believes the Reds need to keep pace with the title challengers next term in order to have a successful season under their charismatic German manager.
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“There are certain managers, (Jose) Mourinho, (Antonio) Conte, (Pep) Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, they can take decisions and the fans will back them”.
