Liverpool FC Manager Jurgen Klopp won’t give any bulletin board material to two of his local rivals. The German was asked to comment about the summer transfer business of both Everton and Manchester United, but he made no remarks that would spark controversy. He instead politely answered the reporter’s query, maintaining that he is not interested in what they are up to this summer transfer window.
“First of all, I’m not interested in what other clubs are doing until we play them,” Klopp said.
“They can do the best business or the worst business, I’m not in it. I don’t know why they do the things they do, that’s why I’m completely fine, but, at the end of the day, just like us, they can only line up 11 players. Then we have to see what will happen. But all the teams have tried to get stronger.”
“With Everton, usually derbies are really close games. I don’t think we have gone into any of the last few derbies thinking: ‘It’s only Everton.’ There is a lot of respect and, if they’ve done good business, well done. But when we face them we still want to win.”
While LFC broke the club transfer fee record when they signed Mohamed Salah from AS Roma, their other transfer dealings have failed to excite supporters. Liverpool also added Dominic Solake and Andrew Robertson, but their fans are still awaiting more big splash signings.
Meanwhile, both of these Liverpool rival clubs in northwest England have had very eventful summer shopping seasons. United have only bought two players, Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof, but they have spent over £106 million on the duo. Everton, having received a massive financial windfall from United, has added seven new players.
Along similar lines, Klopp was also asked to respond to United manager Jose Mourinho’s remarks that life will be tougher for Liverpool this season, with the added responsibility of playing in Europe. Again, Klopp said he was not interested in discussing that. (More on that at this link)
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