Jurgen Klopp has explained why he thinks Manchester City are “in transition” even more than Liverpool this season.
The Reds have undergone changes to their squad for this campaign, with both incoming and outgoing transfer business. Sadio Mane, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi left the club, with Darwin Nunez, Calvin Ramsay, Fabio Carvalho and Arthur Melo arriving.
For City, they have had changes to their squad too. Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Sergio Gomez, Manuel Akanji and Kalvin Phillips were added to their ranks, with Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus leaving the club.
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With both clubs being busy in the transfer market, Klopp has spoken about how he thinks Man City are in “transition” like Liverpool this season.
"[Erling] Haaland is an exceptional footballer and of course they have become stronger because of him,” Klopp told German news outlet Sport1 .
“You just have to know - Pep (Guardiola) sees this just as much as I do - that the team has to be reshuffled from time to time.
“We also gained players and lost one (Sadio Mané) who almost always played. And that will take time. That applies to City as well as to us.
“But when you see how City play, how the balls come into the penalty area, how Erling stays in the right spaces with his long bones, it's hard to avoid scoring goals. Very many even.”
“But City have also given up a lot of players and are also in transition, even more than we are. It's part of refreshing a successful team.
“You gave up Gabriel Jesus, as did Raheem Sterling, who was a fixture in Manchester for years. Zinchenko too. Fernandinho has retired, or rather, has gone back to Brazil. They were important players for City. And the season is damn long and is interrupted again by the World Cup, no one has a clue.”
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