Jurgen Klopp reply was spot on after leaked transfer text from Liverpool owners
Jurgen Klopp received an apology from Liverpool's owners in the early days of his time as manager.
Klopp was appointed as the Reds manager in October 2015, replacing Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports, Group, looked to bring in the German just months after his exit from Borussia Dortmund. In the eight years that Klopp has been at the helm at Anfield, the 56-year-old has won seven major trophies, including one Premier League and one Champions League. He was forced to wait until nearly four years on charge before his first trophy was won, though.
The topic of transfers has always been a subject of debate at Anfield, as is the case for every other Premier League club. Some of Klopp's most high-profile signings remain at the club to this day, including Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Andy Robertson, among others.
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It was in February 2021 that Klopp admitted that he received an apology from the club's owners about the squad that he walked into at Anfield. John Henry is the principal owner of Liverpool and co-founder of FSG, alongside Tom Werner who works as the club's chairman. Klopp was speaking ahead of a Champions League round-of-16 tie against RB Leipzig when he revealed a text message he received from his new employers years earlier.
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"At the beginning I received a message from the US saying, 'Sorry for the squad we've given you'," said Klopp in February 2021. "But all was good I replied, it just needs time. There is a very strong tie to the owners, they support a lot. I just want to win football matches, to be honest."
Klopp's first starting line-up against Tottenham Hotspur in October 2015 consisted of Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Martin Skrtel, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Lucas Leiva, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi. It did not take long for Klopp to make major changes to his squad.
Major transfers over the years saw £75 million spent to sign Van Dijk, £65 million for Alisson Becker, and, more recently, up to £85.5 million for Darwin Nunez. Some of those fees were offset by player sales, including the £142 million for Coutinho from Barcelona in January 2018.
Klopp decided to undergo a major overhaul of his squad during the most recent summer transfer window. Several players left the club including Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, James Milner, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Those departures meant that Liverpool were forced to go into the transfer market for new midfielders. That led to the arrivals of Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, and Wataru Endo, who have all played important roles for the Reds this season.
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