07/12/2020 - 17:20
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Jürgen Klopp believes that the financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic makes it unlikely that Liverpool will invest heavily in the team to grow further after the recent consecration in the Premier League, after 30 years of drought at the local level. But that will not stop the German coach from supporting the next generation of the Reds , so that the youth become "internal transfers".
Klopp admits that the pandemic will have a profound impact on the European pass market this summer. He insists that none of his top players will leave, but believes that prudence would compel the champions to step back and not add more star and expensive names.
“The Covid, of course, influenced both extremes, both high and low. It is probably not the busiest summer in the world. Although perhaps sometime later in the year, if the transfer window is still open, let's know more. But this team ... Look what it is, "Klopp starts.
And he goes deeper: "It is not a team that you have to change now and say, 'Okay, we need this job and this one.' If you are a soccer fan, even if you are totally happy with everyone, you always want reinforcements. But we not only have 11 first-line. We have 16 or 17 front-line . Everyone can play at the same level. And what we want to create are our internal transfers. So now you see the first glimpses of Neco Williams, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Ki-Jana Hoever. All these guys were really doing really well. "
In that sense, Klopp applies common sense to see how he can improve the next Liverpool. “We cannot spend millions because we want or think it is fun to do so. We never wanted that. We want to strengthen this team and this team is already strong. The problem with a strong team is how it gets better in the passing market. Obviously that works with money, it 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. We have three or four players who can make great advances, very great ", he anticipates.
If even Liverpool loses millions of pounds just because of the inability to sell tickets due to behind-the-scenes football, no sensible club can function normally. Klopp, considered one of the best coaches today, does not believe that in this context he can lose some of his main players.
“I am very confident that we will be able to keep the team together, but the rest of the planning is progressing without our knowing it. We have no idea at the moment. I don't know when the new season will start. No one knows what the future will be like. Three months ago, nobody knew anything about how everything was going to be and now we act a little as if everything would be all right again. It is a little early to guess. And in football we are now faced with the question of how much you want to spend. How much can you spend if you don't know how much you're going to have? ", Analyzes Klopp, who this season was left without the possibility of defending the crown in the Champions League, where he was eliminated by Atlético de Madrid from Diego Simeone.
The German, of course, will never resign his footballing convictions. He did not do it in Mainz, the club where he played and later made the first sticks as DT, nor in Borussia Dortmund. And since 2015 he transferred his ideas to Liverpool. “What I can say is that this team will not stop wanting what it wants. That does not mean that we succeed. Everyone will see that we want to succeed again and that is what we have always wanted. These guys can't slack off. It's just not in his way of being. "
Klopp knows the challenge of defending the title in a local championship. He did it with Dortmund in the 2011-2012 season. However, he notes that the circumstances he lived in in Germany were different from those in Anfield.
“With Dortmund there was no pressure to win the title again, because we had no chance in 2011 and the worst thing to do in Germany is to activate (Bayern) Munich. And that's not a good idea because they usually hit you back with a lot of force. When we were champions in 2011, no one told us we had to be champions again, especially since we lost Nuri Sahin, who was the Bundesliga player of the season that year. We also brought Ilkay Gundogan and Ivan Perisic. Very good players, but at that time Ilkay was not the Ilkay Gundogan that we see now. He was a boy ", he reviews.
Klopp argues with the referee during the match against Burnley. (Photo: EFE)
What do you expect from Liverpool to come? "People can expect us to win the league again. It is possible, I don't know. But I will not enter the season like this. I want us to play the best football we can. I don't see that you can win anything if you defend something. We will attack again. There is no guarantee that we will, but we will try. There are many things to do and I hope that at that moment the world is in better conditions and people can re-enter the stadiums. That is what worries me the most at the moment. ”
By begging Liverpool fans not to take to the streets in the face of the impossibility posed by the coronavirus, Klopp's message to those staying at home was more effective.
"Today I want to see all the videos of the livings around the world, how the public reacted at the time, when Willian scored the penalty kick or when the final whistle blew in the Chelsea game," he said, referring to Manchester City's defeat. which resulted in the expected coronation of Liverpool. "It would be really good because these images are still possible, and I would like to see them."
By Chris Bascombe / The Telegraph / The Interview People
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Translation: Román García Azcárate