Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has compared the club’s pursuit of Jude Bellingham to a five-year-old asking for a sports car for Christmas.
It was reported earlier this week that the Reds have ‘cooled’ their interest in the Borussia Dortmund midfielder having initially made him their number-one target this summer.
This news was not taken well by Liverpool fans, but does mean the club are likely to bring in at least three midfielders, as opposed to signing Bellingham and not being able to afford another midfielder at the level required to play in the Premier League.
Klopp was unsurprisingly asked about the 19-year-old English international in Friday’s pre-match press conference with the Reds preparing to face Leeds United on Monday evening.
The German remained coy about the situation and insists the club are working with what they have and has likened Liverpool’s interest to a five-year-old child putting a Ferrari on his Christmas list.
“There’s nothing to say about it, to be honest,” Klopp told reporters. “If we don’t speak about players we are signing or not signing, why would we speak about this speculation?
“It’s not about Jude Bellingham. I never understood why we constantly talk about things we theoretically cannot have. We cannot have six players in the summer, every player being £100m.
“You have to realise what you can do and then you have to work with it. It’s about what you can do, and you work with that.
“You have to work with what you have. You wouldn’t say as a five-year-old at Christmas you want a Ferrari.
“Whatever we need and want we try absolutely everything to get it but there are moments when you have to accept it’s not possible and step aside and do different stuff.”
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Meanwhile, it was confirmed on Thursday evening that assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis will face no further action from the FA after he appeared to elbow Andy Robertson at half-time of Liverpool’s draw against Arsenal last week.
Klopp was asked about the incident shortly after the game and could not give a proper answer having not seen a replay, but obviously believed the allegation his player made.
Having reflected on it all and discovered that Hatzidakis will face no further action, Klopp said: “I think it has been dealt with really well in the end. I spoke to Robbo and think it has been dealt with…
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