Jurgen Klopp defends Liverpool’s spending after splurge by rivals Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United

Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp celebrated a contract extension for star defender Virgil van Dijk and defended the membership’s lack of outlay on gamers in comparison with a few of its rivals.

Manchester City signed Jack Grealish for a Premier League file 100 million kilos ($138.08 million), Chelsea recruited Romelu Lukaku for 97.5 million, whereas Manchester United introduced in Jadon Sancho for 85 million euros ($99.90 million).Liverpool have introduced in defender Ibrahima Konate for a reported 41 million euros however are in any other case centered on extending the contracts of their key gamers.”We all know the situation of Chelsea, of City and PSG for example,” mentioned the supervisor, referring to Lionel Messi’s new employers in Paris. “What United is doing I don’t know exactly how they do it.”We have clearly our method to do it. And that was at all times the identical since I’m in. We are allowed to spend the cash we earn. That’s what we at all times did,” he told reporters ahead of Liverpool’s season-opening game at promoted Norwich City.”I’m by no means shocked in regards to the monetary energy of Chelsea or City or United. I’m lengthy sufficient within the nation to know that they at all times discover a resolution to do these sort of issues. For us it is our means. We preserve the crew collectively.”Klopp was requested particularly why Liverpool hasn’t changed Georginio Wijnaldum, who ran down his contract and opted to affix PSG within the low season, and mentioned he had sufficient choices in his squad to cowl for the lack of the Netherlands midfielder.Young gamers Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott are set to play larger roles within the squad this season.“I’m in my sixth year here and pretty much apart from the year we signed Ali (Alisson) and Virg (Van Dijk), it’s always the same — it looks like always we don’t sign enough, we don’t do enough,” Klopp mentioned. “But I think the most important thing, and I think the fans agree with this, is having a group together who is fun to watch, fighting together, who is definitely 100% committed to the club and the values. We have that.“We cannot just add on players to the squad and say, ‘Let’s have a look how that works.’ You have to deal with the squad the whole year.”Liverpool received the league by 18 factors within the 2019-20 season, solely to complete third final season in trailing residence 17 factors behind City.