Post by Webster on Jan 13, 2023 18:33:51 GMT
(The Guardian) Klopp hits back at transfer questions
More from Jürgen Klopp, who insists the Reds’ current problems cannot be solved in this transfer window. As well as the weekend doubts over Darwin Nunez, Liverpool are missing Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino from their forward line through injury. The Reds have signed forward Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven for an initial £38million but Klopp admits that is likely to be their only purchase this month as there are not the resources available to deepen the squad.
“Come on, do I have to tell the money story again? What could be the reason – that we have money like crazy but we don’t buy the players even when they are available?” said Klopp.
“That’s what you think of me, after all the years? Why do you ask the question when the answer lies on the table. You know the answer. If I sit here and say ‘No, no, no. We have money in the bank massively like we don’t know what to do with but the players out there – Nah we don’t do that’.
“We have on top of that the problem that in the moment four of our offensive players are injured. Now, we buy another one then they will come back, Darwin soon, the others a little bit later, and then we have seven strikers. We couldn’t even put them all on the Champions League list. It is just not that easy. You cannot solve the problems – especially with injuries.
“Injuries are the big, big shadow over all of us because we cannot solve it in the transfer window. Sometimes you have to but usually we just have to get through until the boys come back and then you can use them again. That’s why in our best season we didn’t have a lot of injuries. Now we have them and we have to deal with that but the transfer market, for us in this moment, is obviously not the solution.
“But if something is out there and someone tells me ‘Yes we will do it’. But for this particular situation I don’t think it will happen.”
More from Jürgen Klopp, who insists the Reds’ current problems cannot be solved in this transfer window. As well as the weekend doubts over Darwin Nunez, Liverpool are missing Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino from their forward line through injury. The Reds have signed forward Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven for an initial £38million but Klopp admits that is likely to be their only purchase this month as there are not the resources available to deepen the squad.
“Come on, do I have to tell the money story again? What could be the reason – that we have money like crazy but we don’t buy the players even when they are available?” said Klopp.
“That’s what you think of me, after all the years? Why do you ask the question when the answer lies on the table. You know the answer. If I sit here and say ‘No, no, no. We have money in the bank massively like we don’t know what to do with but the players out there – Nah we don’t do that’.
“We have on top of that the problem that in the moment four of our offensive players are injured. Now, we buy another one then they will come back, Darwin soon, the others a little bit later, and then we have seven strikers. We couldn’t even put them all on the Champions League list. It is just not that easy. You cannot solve the problems – especially with injuries.
“Injuries are the big, big shadow over all of us because we cannot solve it in the transfer window. Sometimes you have to but usually we just have to get through until the boys come back and then you can use them again. That’s why in our best season we didn’t have a lot of injuries. Now we have them and we have to deal with that but the transfer market, for us in this moment, is obviously not the solution.
“But if something is out there and someone tells me ‘Yes we will do it’. But for this particular situation I don’t think it will happen.”