Liverpool are performing better than expected after Klopp’s side underwent a major overhaul last summer. The German manager, who announced last week that he will leave the club at the end of the season, missed out on two of his key transfer targets to join Chelsea.Liverpool looked set to sign Brighton’s Moises Caicedo for a UK record fee of £115million, but the Ecuadorian midfielder has reversed course to join Chelsea.
Liverpool, losing Romeo Lavia 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 at the time 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 signed an exciting contract with Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino. And [Romeo] Labia had his own reasons. That’s why I was there. Then we found the best solution.”
Jurgen Klopp targets Moises Caicedo again ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Chelsea.Jurgen Klopp has explained his trials to Moises Caicedo ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Chelsea. Liverpool will be hoping to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League when they face Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday. 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.
