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And there it is! An interview with all those involved saying that Klopp and his team are responsible for transfers but no, still not true. Oh well, each to their own. For me, if we do not improve this season, Klopp has to take full responsibility. If he couldn't find a player to improve us, then he has to make sure he does it with the players he has because IMO, there were players on the market who could have improved our squad. City for example spent 85m to improve their squad and I am sure Klopp had that kind of money at his disposal City spent about £140 million, Rodri was £63 million & Cancelo was £59 million Sorry, I made a mistake, their net spend was 76.1m not 85m and definitely not 140m. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/...n-summer-windowWe had a profit of 24m, only 2 clubs made more than us, Crystal Palace and Chelsea, but for Chelsea I think it would be fair to add the Pulisic Jan fee. And Chelsea couldn't buy anyone this Window.
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And Chelsea couldn't buy anyone this Window.
They could but were not allowed
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And there it is! An interview with all those involved saying that Klopp and his team are responsible for transfers but no, still not true. Oh well, each to their own. For me, if we do not improve this season, Klopp has to take full responsibility. If he couldn't find a player to improve us, then he has to make sure he does it with the players he has because IMO, there were players on the market who could have improved our squad. City for example spent 85m to improve their squad and I am sure Klopp had that kind of money at his disposal And he will take responsibility and could lose his job. And just because we can see a player and think he will improve us doesn’t mean he will. Klopp knows what he’s doing. He knows the squad and what type of player will improve us and fit the system. But he will only do it if the deal is right and again, rightly so. It will be rightly so if we win the league (or win the CL come second and win the FA cup, ie, improve). Otherwise it would have been the wrong decision or just to improve our profitability Why do you keep talking about profitability? I’m pretty sure Klopp isntvteying to make a profit and that’s why he didn’t buy.
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And there it is! An interview with all those involved saying that Klopp and his team are responsible for transfers but no, still not true. Oh well, each to their own. Yes...so believable a PR piece from the PR extension of FSG "The Liverpool Echo"! There's a pattern with FSG and their Transfer windows, it's almost like Fallow Field Farming. If they don't sell a star player for a fortune to subsidize more lower priced players with potential and sell on value, then we do without. The star player gets sold normally every 3 or so years. No amount of fluffing and bluffing from whomever is our Manager at the time can disguise this blatant fact. I am surprised they haven't try to trademark the name "+Netto" as in positive Nett Spend, because they are the Kings of it!
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So what happened last summer then when we spent something like £140m? I know we sold Phil in January and got Virgil but even with what’s left it still rubbishes that argument. Unless we sold another star without me noticing?
And do you think Klopp, a manager who could have his pick of pretty much any team to manage, would work with such?
I’d suggest that it is what it is and as reported. Not everything in this world is a conspiracy and smoke and mirrors. Life is simple and probably 95% of the time the simple answer is the right answer like in this case.
Last edited by wilkij1975; 12/08/19 07:14 PM.
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How much did we get for Phil?
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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It's frustrating as a fan to watch us come so near and then stall the following season in trying to get that little bit extra in quality in vital areas.
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Last season was quite a contrast for FSG in their approach to transfer windows. However they have stalled on doing anything this season when logic says to bolster the squad some more to reap more dividends. They got a very good return from their splurge by winning CL, coming 2nd in PL and also the record tv revenue for being the most watched club around the world in 18/19 season.
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I thought FSG were supposed to be finding ways to be innovative with their approach to finding sponsors and money to bring into the club to help transform us into the best team around?
Derby County are letting 32Red bring in Rooney to their club in January as a player/coach...surely there's benefit to going to sponsors/partners and having them help out purchasing players for the club and help subsidize wages?
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Last season was quite a contrast for FSG in their approach to transfer windows. However they have stalled on doing anything this season when logic says to bolster the squad some more to reap more dividends. They got a very good return from their splurge by winning CL, coming 2nd in PL and also the record tv revenue for being the most watched club around the world in 18/19 season.
Why do you assume it’s them? They’ve said and Klopp has always said that he has the say on transfers. As I said before, he could have his pick of clubs so why would he settle? We obviously have a budget but I believe if Klopp wanted someone then the money was there. And if it’s not Klopp buying these players and it’s FSG, surely you have to applaud them for buying us the best squad we’ve had in years. So over to you to say ‘well done FSG’ if you truly believe it’s not Klopp doing the buying.
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