“You said earlier you can’t solve all your problems in the transfer market. Is that because you don’t think there are players who can solve the problems, you can’t get the players who you think might be able to solve the problems, is it financial or is it a combination?”
An innocent enough question for Jurgen Klopp’s latest pre-match press conference. With the German already confirming that Liverpool are highly unlikely to be strengthening their squad further this month, it is a question the entirety of the Reds fanbase want answered - Why?
Currently seventh in the Premier League table, and seven points off the top four, Liverpool are in real risk of missing out on qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Such failure would seemingly cost them any chance of signing long-standing target Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund, and god knows who else.