I was just stating facts - Iām not sure where anyone is taking credit away from Klopp but itās also worth remembering that the transfers are done by edwards
Klopp isnāt buying bargains and turning them into superstars regularly- the starting line up costs a fair whack
Alisson -Ā£65mil
TAA - youth
VVD - Ā£75mil
Matip - Free
Robbo - Ā£8mil
Fabinho - Ā£50mil
Keita - Ā£50mil
Henderson -Ā£25mil
Mane -Ā£35mil
Jota - Ā£45mil
Mo - Ā£45mil
Then add in all the other players
The club have bought some quality players during Klopps time - bought by Edwards to fit a system - to give the credit to Klopp alone takes away a lot do credit that Edwards deserves as well
We arenāt paupers spending pennies - just because we donāt spend as much as others do doesnāt mean we are scraping the barrel for players
Personally I think the point with this debate (at least in my eyes), is that whilst we canāt spend like City or the Chavs, we can spend like a big club and not always seem to be balancing all incomings with outgoings.
I havenāt read the accounts and I assume weāve taken a big hit due to Covid but Covid hasnāt been around for their entire tenure. IMO we are just a quality player or two short of JĆ¼rgen being able to walk this league, heās that good.
Instead we seem to operate a very very efficient model where we milk every last drop out of the squad - which is fine but when you take knocks you need the replacements to come in. Banking on Keita, Ox, Fab, Hendo, Thiago all staying fit is a bit mental IMO because they all have/had injury issues and this is an area where we can surely push the boat out a little bit more.
We are almost expected to these days to treat new contracts like a new signing - itās a cost of business to compete at the top level and win trophies rather than just finish top 4.
So in summary, yes we canāt spend like the petro clubs, but we can spend like one of the clubs with the highest revenue in the world regardless of that.
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