Why Klopp Signing A New Contract Makes Sense For Liverpool

After losing the Premier League by a single point to rivals Manchester City, Liverpool have endured a horror 2022-23 season. The Reds are currently in ninth, 10 points behind Manchester United in fourth and have lost six of their 19 matches and could finish outside of the top four for the first time since the 2015-16 season.

Their only consolation is that they are still alive in the UEFA Champions League and could save their season with a miracle run in the continental tournament. However, despite all this, manager Jurgen Klopp has claimed that the club is going through a rebuild that will take time.

“It will not go overnight, and imagine the situation now with another coach in the chair. I would be somewhere on holiday, and everybody would shout my name ‘with him, it would not have happened!’ I’m obviously not a miracle worker,” Klopp said while speaking to the media.

So what is the Liverpool rebuild, and why Jurgen Klopp signed a new deal to stay at Liverpool till 2026?

The great Liverpool rebuild

Even though Liverpool might be suffering from a drastic season, they have certainly not been shy from spending. However, instead of quantity, the club has focused on quality. For example, Darwin Nunez, who was the star of Benfica last year in Portugal, was bought for €75 million. At the same time, they also added Ditch sensation Cody Gakpo in the January transfer window. However, these two have been the only signings worthy of the starting 11. The rest of the signings, such as Clavin Ramsay, Fabio Carvalho, and Stefan Bajcetic, are future prospects.

Furthermore, Klopp knew that for continued success, Liverpool had to alter their style of play. Throughout the last four to five years, the club’s attacking philosophy was based on their full-backs, who almost played as wingers stretching the opposition. Meanwhile, wingers like Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah would come inside and act as inverted forwards.

During all this time, Liverpool’s midfield would be tasked with ensuring that the gaps left by the full-backs were taken care of. It is why Klopp preferred hard workers in midfield, such as James Milner, captain Jordan Henderson, and Gini Wijnaldum.

Klopp knew sooner or later, his full-backs would experience a lean phase where the system would fall flat on its face. This is why Klopp added players like Thiago, Carvalho and Curtis Jones, who love to be involved in the attacking build-up. However, the transition had to be smooth, and the…