KLOPP WON’T SHOP
WAVE BYE BYE TO BIG BUYS ...but it won’t stop Kop
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JURGEN KLOPP has warned it won’t be a summer of big spending at Anfield – but says it won’t stop Liverpool.
The Reds boss insists his title winning squad doesn’t need huge investment, and is confident they won’t now get complacent. The financial havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic is also set to curb top clubs’ spending.
Klopp said: “We cannot spend millions and millions because we want to or we think it is nice to do.
“It is not a squad you have to change
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over the weekend after he was brought to tears on Thursday night (below) but training was “full throttle” on Sunday. His phone is so full of congratulatory messages he joked he might need a new one but he cannot wait for the videos of the celebrations to come flooding through.
He added: “I want to see all the videos from the living rooms all over the world, how they reacted in the moment, when Willian scored the penalty or the final whistle at Chelsea. That would be really nice because these pictures are still possible and would like to see them.”
While he won’t want to see any of the unsavoury scenes in Liverpool city centre on Friday, he is looking forward to the clips of the moment
Ithe title is secured. “The moments you have with yourself is to just understand what happened,” he said. “There are different emotions you go through obviously.
“You all saw that I had a very, very emotional moment and at different times over the weekend I’ve had a lot of these moments.
“There’s enough time about all these things.
“We still play seven games though and not one of these you can play with a 90 per cent mindset. There’s a job to do to make sure we’re at 100 per cent. “The boys are ready for that. No time for looking back. You can watch videos from all the games of the season but we can’t yet.” to talk
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“If you are a supporter, even if you are happy with everyone, you want back-ups.
“We don’t have a first 11, I say we have a first 16 or 17, but we have to use this.
“And what we want to create are our transfers internally.
“We want to strengthen this squad. It works with money, obviously, that is possible. But it never works only with money.
“You have to be creative and we try to be creative. We try to find solutions internally.”
Liverpool hope the likes of Curtis Jones, Neco Williams, Rhian Brewster, Harvey Elliott and more can make progress.
Klopp added: “People will be afraid these boys will get lazy. It is just not in their nature.
“I am still here and have a little word with them and convince them before and after we play. We will not stop.”