Jurgen Klopp’s Paul Pogba comments come back to haunt him after Benfica confirm Darwin Nunez’s huge £85m fee, as fans mock the Liverpool boss for saying he would quit his job if he ever spent €100m on a player
- Liverpool have sealed a €100m (£85m) deal for Benfica striker Darwin Nunez
- The Reds are on the brink of smashing their club record for the Uruguayan star
- And manager Jurgen Klopp has come under fire for his comments back in 2016
- The German queried Paul Pogba’s €105m (£89m) transfer to Manchester United
- Klopp said ‘The day that this is football, I’m not in a job anymore’ after the move
- And fans have mocked the Liverpool boss online and joked that he should retire
Jurgen Klopp has come under fire after his 2016 comments on Paul Pogba came back to haunt him as Liverpool‘s fee for Darwin Nunez was confirmed.
The Premier League side sealed an £85million deal for Nunez on Monday morning as Portuguese outfit Benfica confirmed the star striker is on his way to Anfield, with a medical to follow shortly.
If personal terms are agreed as expected, Uruguayan Nunez will move for an initial €75million (£64m), which could rise to €100m (£85m) including add-ons – representing a club-record fee.
He is set to overtake Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk as the most expensive player in the club’s history.
And Klopp’s words criticising the then-world record transfer of Pogba from Juventus to Manchester United for €105m (£89m) six years ago are now being used against him.
The German had said: ‘If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney. The day that this is football, I’m not in a job anymore, because the game is about playing together.
Jurgen Klopp has come under fire after 2016 comments on Paul Pogba came back to haunt him
Klopp’s Liverpool side sealed an £85million deal for Benfica striker Darwin Nunez on Monday
The German criticised Manchester United’s €105m (£89m) move for Paul Pogba six years ago
Klopp said he would not have a job in football anymore if fees like Pogba’s became common
‘Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players. I want to do it differently. I would even do it differently if I could spend that money.’
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