Jurgen Klopp insists not every club can ‘behave like Chelsea’ while defending the lack of signings made at Liverpool in the current transfer window.
Liverpool appear to be set to undergo another quiet summer in the transfer market. The €13m capture of full-back Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiacos is their only signing to date, which is in stark contrast to their rivals.
Manchester City, for example, haven’t invested up to their usual lofty standards either, but they’ve still welcomed some key recruits like Nathan Ake and Ferran Torres.
While Chelsea have spent an eye-dropping €223.2m this summer alone on just four players in Kai Havertz (€80m), Timo Werner (€53m), Ben Chilwell (€50.2m), and Hakim Ziyech (€40m). Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr, meanwhile, joined on free transfers.
But Klopp has defended Liverpool’s stance on the transfer window, insisting they won’t bite the bullet just because their rivals are spending lavishly.
“Clubs are in different situations and we are living in uncertainty in the world,” the Reds boss told BBC Radio.
“For some clubs, it seems to be less important how uncertain the future is because they are owned by countries, owned by oligarchs and that is the truth. We are a different kind of club.
“We reached the Champions League final two years ago, won it the following year and won the Premier League by being the club we are, we cannot change that overnight and say ‘now we want to behave like Chelsea’.
“We always want to improve the squad but there are different ways – one way is to sign new players and the other way is to work together, improve the things you were good in and try to nullify the things you are not good in. That is football. No one wants to talk about training and only about signings.”
It should be noted that Liverpool spent around €435.98m on the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker, and countless others between the 2016/17 and 2018/19 campaigns.
The Premier League champions have since gone quiet in the last two summer transfer windows. Therefore, Klopp sees no reason to pursue new player despite the constant rumors.
“I have been at Liverpool for nearly five years and if something is going to happen it will happen,” added the German.
“There are so many rumors in the newspapers and it is funny when we read our name.
“We were quite good with this in the past by staying calm and we made the right decisions, whether that be keeping the same group or bringing someone in for a specific position.”
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