Liverpool Boss Jurgen Klopp Takes a Jab at Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia for Snubbing Liverpool in the Summer Transfer Window.
Liverpool, led by Jurgen Klopp, currently boasts an impressive 18-point lead over Chelsea in the Premier League standings.
This remarkable lead is particularly notable considering Chelsea’s substantial spending during the transfer window.
Liverpool had negotiated a £111 million deal with Brighton, but Caicedo rejected the transfer to Anfield, opting instead to join Chelsea for £115 million
At a Monday evening Q&A session in front of Liverpool supporters at Anfield, Klopp amused fans by joking about the challenge of signing central defensive midfielders,
mentioning that ‘other players in that position might not be keen on joining Liverpool,’ specifically referencing the decision to bring in Wataru Endo.
He said:
‘The summer we had with a few strange things happen in the transfer market but here between us I can say: ‘My god we were lucky’.’
‘We didn’t know that in the moment, to be honest, we didn’t realise in that moment.
But I am really happy it worked out like that. You never know if it will work out like that.
‘I had an extremely good feeling before we started pre-season, we already had Macca and Dom already in and then we knew there was a chance for Ryan.
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Then we obviously realised other central defensive midfielders don’t want to join Liverpool… yeah, you see what happens.
‘And then we found Endo. He’s an exceptional player, he is, absolutely.
He’s 30 years old, experienced, captain of Japan and it’s not possible, sure [he’s] not the first pick because the transfer market is like that, we don’t go for a 30-year-old player who plays in Germany and nearly got relegated.
But thank god we looked about things twice and had a deeper look and got this boy and he wanted to come definitely and that helps.
‘Now we have a squad together, a new leadership group, if you want, with very experienced players, still young some of them and a group around who is full of desire, full of passion who will give everything to this club.
‘So that is the start and now we have to try to make something special happen.’
Liverpool is set to visit Union Saint-Gilloise in the Europa League this Thursday, having already secured qualification as the group leaders under Jurgen Klopp‘s guidance.
