What Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino said about transfers after Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp refused to be drawn on Liverpool’s interest in Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia after the Reds opened the draw with a 1-1 draw away at
Chelsea.
Liverpool are currently the only side to have had a bid accepted for the Brighton midfielder, after offering a club-record £110m. However, Chelsea
remain confident they will sign the player, who is said to prefer to move to Stamford Bridge, and are reportedly working on an £115m deal.
Meanwhile, the Reds have had three bids rejected by Southampton for Lavia, with their latest offering totalling £46m last Monday.
Since then, Chelsea have had a bid of their own rejected for the Belgian, and are now reportedly working on a deal worth up to £55m.
When asked about Liverpool’s links with both players, Klopp insisted he had nothing to say. But after being informed that Mauricio Pochettino had
told reporters he still wanted to sign new players, he made a tongue-in-cheek dig at Chelsea and their extravagant spending under owner Todd
Bohely.
“Where’s the camera? No (I cannot say anything),” Klopp insisted. “Oh, that (new players) is what the Chelsea manager wants, and usually they get it!
I’ve got nothing to say about it to be honest. I’m sorry.”
Asked by Sky Sports for an update on the Caicedo situation in a separate post-match interview, Klopp simply replied: “No news at all”.
Meanwhile, Pochettino was not asked directly about Caicedo and Lavia – but he revealed that he is happy with Chelsea’s efforts to strengthen his
squad.
“We need good players? Yes,” he told reporters. “We need to improve the squad? Yes, but that is not new. We are working really hard.
“I am so happy in the way we are working. For sure, we are going to improve the squad. It’s about finding the right player to create a good
combination to make more solid.
“But the team was solid, we conceded only one shot against Liverpool. We can’t be more solid than that!
“We need to create more chances and score more goals, but it’s the first step. We are in a good way and I am so pleased.”
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The last few days have been both exciting and crushing for Liverpool fans after the club came out of nowhere on Thursday night, seemingly intent on
smashing transfer records to sign Brighton & Hove Albion’s much sought-after midfielder Caicedo, reportedly offering the south coast club £111m to
secure his signature.
However, it was soon revealed the player himself preferred a move to Chelsea following extended talks with the club, with the situation now looking
as if the Ecuadorian will be joining Mauricio Pochettino’s project over Jurgen Klopp’s.
Whilst the news is certainly a punch in the gut for the Merseysiders, they could still secure the signing of the younger but still incredibly promising
midfielder Romeo Lavia from Southampton this summer.
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