I reckon JĆ¼rgen has already got his team pencilled in for 2021/22 he is very much a planner he knows this side has at least another season it and when the right player comes available like Virgil and Allison he will instruct the board to sign them. We have now the best transfer policy for 30 years I am really relaxed about this and the next transfer window. I just don't see at the moment any forwards that could come in without upsetting the balance of the team and squad. Just watching them in Madrid getting their medals proved to me just how together they are you can t buy that and it didn't happen by accident its down to JĆ¼rgen and his teams careful planning
Itās a very good point regards our transfer policy, our record over the past three years in regards to transfers has been incredible. Salah, VVD, Allisson, Gigi, Robertson, Mane, Fabinho etc have been massive successes. On top of that weāve got players like Ox, Shaq, Keita and Matip who have contributed and still look like they will progress for us over the next Couple of years.
Iām not advocating a panic buy but I do think that (if there are players out there that Klopp likes) then we should get them. The squad isnāt big enough to contend in the domestic cups, weāve effectively tanked both competitions the past 2 seasons and then (if we're honest) weāve almost been thankful to be out as it has enabled some rest days to focus on the Champions League. I donāt think it should be like that, we should be able to put together a cup run and have a shot at another trophy but the current squad lacks the depth in quality to do it.
Also, just one other point (and donāt everyone jump in me), I completely get the āin Klopp we trustā sentiment I really do, and I understand he likes to wait for the right player to become available. But if we take the example of the goal keeper, weāve got a cracking keeper now but really this should have been addressed 12 months earlier and it proved costly. Iāve got similar worries here regards the squad size and the potential impact of a couple of nasty injuries and an increased fixture list. Surely we should mitigate against that? Weāre in such a strong position compared to the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and united who are all floundering for different reasons but our big rivals just went out and got stronger with the purchase of Rodri. I donāt think we should be over-confident in players coming back from significant injuries and the being ānew playersā for us, I keep reading this but they could just as easily pull up with related injuries and miss half the season again. Why risk it?
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