‘The money doesn’t interest me. It’s enough that I have the first and the last word — in the middle, we discuss.
‘We want to discuss good players on the highest level but I’m not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information’ – Jurgen Klopp – October 9, 2015.
When looking at the squad Liverpool have assembled, the one that is propelling them to a shot at history, it is important to go back to the beginning.
The first day Klopp was put in front of the cameras, he had been warned to expect questions about ‘The Transfer Committee’.
It’s easy to forget, such has been the success of late, that seven years ago mention of it was greeted with incredulity.
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Liverpool’s recruitment had been more miss than hit, with the perception that too many people behind the scenes had opinions and the finance wasn’t there to match ambitions.
The assumption, given that transfers had been a thorny issue for Brendan Rodgers, was that Klopp would get frustrated with all the voices and opinions.
On that first day at Anfield, though, he planted the seeds for recovery, and unity would be the theme. ‘To make a transfer, you think so much about it — will the player fit?’ Klopp explained after signing his contract extension last week.
‘Will they help us? Can we help the player to make the next step? And will the player help us to take the next step? That is the main thing you have to sort.
‘Sometimes it doesn’t work out. Sometimes it does and the player can have an impact. That is what we tried to do and will continue to try to do. That is what I understand was the transfer committee: people who work in the same direction.’
The results have been spectacular. Liverpool are chasing an unprecedented quadruple because of the depth they have assembled and the evidence for how…