Liverpool don't need to spend like Chelsea, says Jurgen Klopp
ByReuters
Updated 10/09/2020 at 08:41 GMT
Spending huge amounts of money in the transfer market, like Chelsea have done this summer, does not guarantee success as clubs must do the hard work to integrate new signings, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said. The Premier League champions finished 33 points ahead of Chelsea last season and have signed only left-back Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos.
Spending huge amounts of money in the transfer market, like Chelsea have done this summer, does not guarantee success says Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Chelsea, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, have spent around £200m to bring in Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech and Ben Chilwell, while Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr arrived on free transfers.
"We live in a world at the moment with a lot of uncertainty," Klopp told the BBC.
"For some clubs it's less important how uncertain the future is: those owned by countries, oligarchs, that's the truth. We're a different kind of club.
"We got to the Champions League final two years ago, we won it last year, and became Premier League champions last season by being the club we are.
"We cannot just change overnight and say, 'So now we want to behave like Chelsea'. They are signing a lot of players. That can be an advantage but that means they have to fit together pretty quickly.
You cannot bring in the 11 best players and hope a week later they play the best football ever. It's about working together on the training ground.
Liverpool begin their title defence against newly-promoted Leeds United on September 12 while Chelsea face Brighton & Hove Albion two days later.
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