Klopp has to defend his austerity course after spectacular transfers of the competitors
The Premier League clubs invested a total of 936 million euros in new players by Friday afternoon. Klopps Liverpool accounted for 40 million of this
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In the English Premier League, top clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester City made headlines with sensational acquisitions. Only Liverpool FC held back relatively modestly. Trainer Jürgen Klopp outlined that there was no other way.
ALiverpool coach Jürgen Klopp defended the transfer policy of the English first division football team in the face of huge expenditure by the competitors on new players. “We can not spend money that we do not have,” said Klopp on Friday before the first game of the season on Saturday at newly promoted Norwich City. “The others can, but we can’t.”
Defending champion Manchester City bought England international Jack Grealish for the English record fee of 115 million euros. Chelsea have signed Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku for almost the same amount and Manchester United has signed England star Jadon Sancho from Klopp’s ex-club Borussia Dortmund for 88 million euros. Liverpool’s most expensive transfer this summer is Ibrahima Konaté from Leipzig for 40 million euros.
Liverpool are just as little a secret of their ambitions as their rivals. Despite the pandemic, these clubs are not dependent on income, said Klopp, referring to the rich owners. “I don’t know how United do what they do. We obviously have our own way of handling this. ”
“There are obviously no limits to them,” says Klopp
He is not surprised at the financial strength. Chelsea belongs to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Manchester City rich investors from Abu Dhabi, and behind Manchester United are billionaires from the USA. However, Liverpool also has wealthy US owners.
Nevertheless, one could not compare Liverpool with the three other clubs, said Klopp. “Obviously there are no limits with them, but we have limits and we’ve been quite successful at those limits over the past two years. We should try that again and not use the excuse that we did not sign this or that player if we lose a game. That will not be the case. “
Liverpool invested a lot of money in the extension of high-value player contracts in the summer. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, English national defender Trent Alexander-Arnold and, most recently, defense chief Virgil Van Dijk signed new contracts. The strikers Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané should also extend.
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