Imho the signings so far this summer have 'been Jurgens' (two guys from his old stomping ground/league, one from Serbian league). They have gost us next to nothing, so am sure FSG, TC etc are fine with that, are putting trust in Jürgen's selection, that these are promising young players. Don't think he was picking from any TC list there.
We've signed plenty of promising young players signed under various managers, hopefully Klopp's success percentages are higher than some others. There's not a lot of top talent coming through the system at the club, so investing/gambling on imported youth is next best thing I guess. They work out, brilliant, they don't, you haven't lost a whole pile.
When it comes to the *bigger money* signings though, think starts to get less clear. Gotze was someone I think Jürgen wanted, Mane - is he a name off a list? Certainly smacks of deja-vu - Saints, overpriced, mid-table, relatively unproven.
And of course, we can't compete then when the money ratchets up. Klopp might want a guy, we bid, negotiation happens, time passes, we dawdle, other team comes in, bids more, gets the man, we're left holding our dicks, TC kicks in a bit more as time runs out to fill the position, tough choices need to be made, almost nobody ends up happy.
Whatever about ALL of this, the manager will be left to carry the can.
Have sympathy for BR in some respects, but in the end his(our) record in the transfer market caught with him. So it will go with Jürgen, he will take the credit if all goes well, and the fall if goes down the pan. So it is in HIS interests to make sure he gets the people he wants. It will be interesting when we get to a critical point of a big transfer (like a Sanchez for example) to see what happens - will we get our man, or will we retrace our steps, loose out and end up scrambling in a bargain bin for a stopgap...
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