Jurgen Klopp explained his trial to Moises Caicedo ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Chelsea. Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday as they hope to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp’s men are two points ahead of Arsenal with a game in hand and five points ahead of Manchester City with a game in hand. Liverpool are performing better than expected after Klopp reshuffled his squad last summer.
The German manager, who announced last week that he would leave the club at the end of the season, missed out on two key transfer targets and joined Chelsea instead.
Liverpool were ready to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a UK record fee of £115m, but the Ecuadorian midfielder turned his back on a move to Chelsea.
Liverpool, losing Romeo Rabia and Jude Bellingham to Chelsea and Real Madrid respectively, have signed Wataru Endo from Stuttgart for £15.4m. As Caicedo struggles for form at Stamford Bridge, Klopp has explained why Liverpool are happy to miss out on the midfielder.
“I looked for Wataru, I knew Maka (Alexis McAllister) could play in that position and Dom (Dominic Szoboslai) always caught my eye,” Klopp explained on Tuesday. “Once one of our £100m deals is successful, there’s no way we can do it again.
When we said we were happy, we meant it. “Everything was fine except the script. “At a trial event for the new Anfield Road at the end of December, Klopp told fans: “We’ve had amazing things happen in the summer transfer window, but between us here I can say, ‘Oh my God, we’ve had luck? Yes? “I didn’t know that then and it didn’t feel right.
But I’m very glad I did it, but I had no idea about it before. “We were interested in Bellingham, we realized it wasn’t going to happen and we thought we could do caicedo, so we went in. [But] he had an emotional deal with Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino.
And [Romeo] Labia had his own reasons. That’s why I was there. Then we found the best solution.”
