Just when you thought Jurgen Klopp couldn’t endear himself to Liverpool supporters any more, he goes and says this.
When the German was confirmed as Reds boss last October, his appointment was hailed as the perfect one by fans.
An old-fashioned manager, Klopp was believed to be just the right individual to return the club to its former glory and to do so without splashing out stupid transfer fees on players.
He cemented his philosophy this week when he was asked about the particularly hefty pricetags being thrown about in this transfer window.
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.
“If you bring one player in for £100 million or whatever and he gets injured then it all goes through the chimney,” Klopp said, via the Liverpool Echo.
“The day that this is football, I’m not in a job any more, because the game is about playing together. That is why somebody invented passes so these players can play together. It’s not about running with the ball because you can do it all the time.
“Building the group is not my unique idea – it is necessary to be successful in football.
“Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players, yes. Do I have to do it differently to that? Actually, I want to do it differently. I would even do it differently if I could spend that money.
“I don’t know exactly how much money we could spend because nobody has told me up to this point ‘no, no, no you can’t do this’. If I spend money it is because I am trying to build a real team.
“You can win championships, you can win titles. But maybe there is a manner in which you want it. It is about how it is.”
What a guy!
