In JĆ¼rgen's first season, if we weren't on top early the match comms almost always started talking about putting Benteke on so we could start lumping high balls into the box, totally oblivious to it not being in any way the system and tactic Klopp was using.
I don't hear that anymore thankfully, but I think many are much slower to pick up on the type of center back Klopp prefers to use (and the way he likes to use them), which is also a significant departure from the English tactical stereotype.
While Saturday may have been a day when just about any warm body would have done (Sorry Gini), he's not going to buy someone he isn't confident will fit into his style and system.
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