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Have they Penny pinched with Klopp? He wanted Salah, VVD, Keita, and Lemar. It looked to me like we got everyone on his list last year, except the last minute bid for Lemar, which was completely down to Monaco not wanting to sell, even for 95 million pounds.

If anything, it was Klopp who was only interested in his top targets and prefered to wait with Keita and VVD, paying 75 million and 55 million for each respectively.

I don't know, I said it looked to be so. There really weren't other links, and he more or less said he was happy with what he got.

What I am saying is his transfer record for the past 2 years has been pretty much spot on.

Ok, neither do you then. SO what's your point?

The transfer business has been pretty excellent. So why should we be worried? We have on class player coming in who is much better than the one player leaving. We have a really good first 11, and with a couple more players we have a really scary side.

Why are we getting all upset and nervous?

Read this very slowly. All of the major players we were linked with publicly, apart from Lemar, we signed. He mentioned in interviews that he was satisfied. Saying that it would appear that he got his targets is a fair statement, because the targets that we saw, we saw him get. That is what I meant using the word appear in my original post. I never said I knew all his targets or whether or not he got them all, only that it looked like he was getting his targets, at least the ones that we could see, and it didn't look like anyone was pinching pennies. I am only commenting on what we can observe, not the interworkings of Jurgen Klopp's brain.

I'm not sure what you're point is, getting all bent out of shape over the semantics of what I did or didn't know. The broader point was about whether or not he was being backed. It would appear that he was bewing backed by the management, given the players we signed and how well they have performed. I'm happy with how his transfer record is going. That is my point.

Action is going to start after the CL finals.
Hmm... buddy talk sounds familiar

It was the number crunchers who wanted Salah, NOT Klopp!


Liverpool scouts ensured Jurgen Klopp signed Mohamed Salah

Last Updated: 17/12/17 9:12am

Liverpool scouts made certain Jurgen Klopp signed Mohamed Salah this past summer

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed club scouts hounded him to sign Mohamed Salah in the summer.

Salah, who joined Liverpool in a five-year deal for £34.3m in June, has proved a revelation since moving to Anfield, scoring 19 goals in 25 games in all competitions this season.

Klopp has confirmed it was Liverpool's scouts who ensured the German signed Salah from Roma earlier this year.

"Our scouting department did a ­fantastic job around Mo," said Klopp. "They just didn't get out of our ears about him."

"It was, '100 per cent he is ready, he is ready'. They did a great job, absolutely."

Salah leads the Premier League goalscoring standings this season, while the Egypt international has also made three assists; statistics that do not surprise Klopp given his understanding of the 25-year old's style.

"There is only a short period of the season we have played so far, but already I have been asked if I am surprised by what he is doing," he added.

"I could be surprised if I had thought about it because I didn't set out the number of goals I expected from him when we signed him.

"I didn't tell him that you have to do this. We knew what we were getting was a very offensive-minded midfielder who plays a lot of games as a striker, but also has the ability to make goals, to set up goals."

Salah made just 13 league appearances during a two-year spell at Chelsea between 2014-16 before he was sold to Roma for £12m last year.

As a result, Klopp admits he initially completed his own homework following his scouts' guidance before deciding to move for the forward.

"We had to have a look at a lot of games he played to see about other parts of his game, too," Klopp said.

"But you see now, he is OK. I met him of course at one point and he looks more sturdy. If you watch him only on TV he looks quite skinny."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/1...d-mohamed-salah

It's been a marriage of convenience for FSG and Klopp's targets.

FSG are overjoyed to play this waiting game... 6 months... a year to eventually laud to us all: "we get our man"!

Whilst patience may be a virtue to some, it's a stupid hindrance to our success. Our rivals upgrade without the need to wait around like we have been doing.

We are still anchored with players who are plainly not good enough. How hard is it to upgrade on Lovren, Moreno, Sturridge and Mignolet and now probably the likes of Ings? The answer to that is NOT very hard, they wouldn't have to look too far or spend a vast amount in doing so.

This long wait game is getting tedious now...serious questions need to be answered on the folks brokering these deals. They are either incompetent or following the Owners wishes in purposely stalling with these acquisitions, so which is it?

After spending 75m on VVD, I don't think FSG is stalling on anything, we have by far the most expensive defender ever.

Klopp is doing things the way HE wants. So I can assume by you not liking this approach that you want Klopp gone??

We played the waiting game and so far it's paying off. VvD is a massive upgrade on what we have as will Keita be (or should be). There were opther players out there but Klopp has shown a time or two that he knows what he's doing so if HE wants to wait for his man, the right man, then I'm fibne with that.

We can upgrade on the players you say and quite easily but you have to get rid of them first and it doesn't look like anyone wants them. I'm sure one or two will go this summer. But Klopp has also shown that he doesn't want too many coming in at one time. It upsets the team and trying to integrate them is a massive thing regardless of whether they're for back up or the first team.

And despite all that you've said, we could be crowned champions of Europe again on Saturday. We will be back in the competition next term and with Klopp's record of signing players, who's to say what we could achieve next year? Not bad really for this tedious waiting game is it?