Liverpool: The Red’s boss, Jurgen Klopp stated with conviction that the chances of Liverpool’s success is independent of Ronaldo’s arrival in any of the clubs and he insisted that he is building a team for the future.
“I watch that like a football supporter, actually. You probably have much more knowledge about whether it will happen or not, than I have.” said Klopp about the Ronaldo transfer saga.
“It’s not about me to judge that, but if other clubs can do things like this then it’s obviously not business for the future, that in three or four years they will have the benefit of it. It’s for now, and immediately!”
“That’s how some clubs are obviously working, and that’s fine, but there must be different ways. There must be a team for a year later and for two years later, three years later.”
“It’s really nice if you can win trophies, but even with the best squad in the world that’s not possible every year. If it’s not possible then you still need to make sure that you develop as a team, as a club, and that you use these kind of things. That’s what we did and that’s what we do.”
“All the rest is not in our hands. We watch it like all of you, and we see what happens.”
When asked about if Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, have been signed for commercial purposes , he stated he thinks that the two arguable greatest of all times still have a lot to offer to the football.
He said: “First of all, with [Lionel] Messi and Ronaldo especially, there might be a commercial aspect of course, but I don’t think Paris Saint-Germain bought Messi for commercial reasons. They brought him in because Messi still has a lot to give to a football team.
“If Cristiano comes to the Premier League then that is the first intention as well. I never had to make a ‘commercial’ signing, whatever that means. Nobody ever asked me that. If they did, then I would start thinking about it.”
Liverpool has signed Ibrahim Konate from RB LEIPZIG this season , and its unlikely that they will have anymore. Klopp urges that they will go at the matches with all that they have.
“We will not take that as any kind of excuse. We will just go for it with all we have.” said Klopp.
