Ahead of the new Premier League season, rumours are rife that Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, isn’t particularly happy with his lot.
According to Football Transfers, the German has let it be known that he’s unhappy with the backing in the transfer market from owners, FSG, and also feels that he’s taken the club as far as he can.
?| This summer “promises to be Liverpool’s biggest rebuild for a generation.” [@MsiDouglas]
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) March 4, 2023
Though it’s true that Liverpool were largely a disappointment during the 2022/23 campaign, Klopp isn’t known as a quitter, and there’s no suggestion either that the owners are unhappy with him.
There’s a risk that the Reds could miss out on one of their targets in Romeo Lavia, and that is possibly what’s behind the German’s ire, given that the club perhaps haven’t been as busy as he might like this summer.
Chelsea have submitted formal bid to Southampton for Roméo Lavia worth £48m fee ?? #CFC
Negotiations ongoing between clubs as Liverpool last proposal was worth £45m and rejected. pic.twitter.com/6NjHx5o8ZB
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 9, 2023
The information that Football Transfers have released, however, doesn’t tally with that received by reliable journalist, Fabrizio Romano.
‘Honestly, I’ve nothing on rumours of Jurgen Klopp wanting to leave Liverpool. He’s completely focused on the job, he’s involved in transfer decisions, nothing has changed,’ he wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside Substack.
‘I don’t know what will happen in 2024, because in football one year is like ten years in other jobs.’
As Romano states, a season in football is a lifetime and things can, and often do, change in the blink of an eye.
From Liverpool’s perspective, they need to improve in all aspects in 2023/24, and ensure that they’re not playing catch up throughout the early weeks of the campaign.
That may require one or two late window additions for Klopp and his staff to be totally happy, and it remains to be seen what will happen thereafter on the Anfield bench.
Would really put the cat among the pigeons if klopp did go and I don’t think many fans would blame him. Seems to me FSG have lost their ambition at the club and klopp is their shield
A Baseball cub may be sustainable because they get Draft players but in this modern era where there are State owned football clubs one has to speculate to accumulate. No more incoming playters that we need and LFC will struggle to make the Champions League next season also. If that happens then the club becomes unsustainable due to the high wages we’re paying.
It’s clear that once Klopp goes Liverpool will fall naturally to a place in line with FSG’s investment levels at best. This will see them fall quickly into the category of also-rans with those other teams hoping to achieve a Europa League or Europa Conference League place. We have lost 7 first-team players since last season if you include Carvalho and so far have bought two replacements. Good players but it looks like FSG expects the kids to make up most of the missing places. Two of our 4 centre halves are total duds (no need to name names) and there is no sign of any recruitment to help with this obvious problem.
Tiago is off next year. Which 18-year-old is being lined up to replace him? Players like Mo Salah, Van Dijk and Robertson are ageing and can’t last forever. Once Klopp goes and they get replaced with more budget FSG signings (if we’re lucky) we’ll be hovering mid-table. Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea are not the only teams outspending us. Many mid-table teams have higher net spends than Liverpool over the last 5 years. A few more years of FSG and we will be doomed to oblivion. Once Klopp leaves, cue a new manager every 6 months. Our deterioration will move at a super fast pace and FSG will start to lose some of the money they have been making of late. FSG have only got away with being cheapskates because of Jurgen’s genius but they and the new managers will be flogging a very knackered horse once he leaves. Whichever way you look at it the future does not look bright.