December 11th 2023.
Jurgen Klopp revealed his thoughts on Liverpool's missed opportunities to sign Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia in the summer transfer window. He admitted that they were 'lucky' not to land the Chelsea midfielders, who had rejected the Reds' offers.
During a Q&A in front of Liverpool supporters on Monday evening, Klopp joked about the situation when talking about the decision to sign Wataru Endo.
"The summer we had with a few strange things happen in the transfer market but here between us I can say: 'My god we were lucky'," Klopp said. "We didn't know that in the moment, to be honest, we didn't realise in that moment. But I am really happy it worked out like that. You never know if it will work out like that."
Klopp then gave further insight into the situation, as he explained why the club decided to sign Endo instead.
"I had an extremely good feeling before we started pre-season, we already had Macca and Dom already in and then we knew there was a chance for Ryan. Then we obviously realised other central defensive midfielders don't want to join Liverpool... yeah, you see what happens."
"And then we found Endo. He's an exceptional player, he is, absolutely. He's 30 years old, experienced, captain of Japan and it's not possible, sure [he's] not the first pick because the transfer market is like that, we don't go for a 30-year-old player who plays in Germany and nearly got relegated. But thank god we looked about things twice and had a deeper look and got this boy and he wanted to come definitely and that helps."
Klopp concluded his remarks by expressing his optimism for the future of the club.
"Now we have a squad together, a new leadership group, if you want, with very experienced players, still young some of them and a group around who is full of desire, full of passion who will give everything to this club. So that is the start and now we have to try to make something special happen."
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