Klopp Explains Why Liverpool Didn't Sign Timo Werner
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It is almost entirely sure that Timo Werner will be going to Chelsea and many are wondering why and how Liverpool missed out on such a great striker.

Many raised questions about why the Reds failed to pursue him – surely it cannot be an issue with money? Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp finally explains why the Reds didn’t sign him and Chelsea ended up getting him. 

“There are a lot of good players on this planet,” Klopp told Sky Germany. “Timo Werner is a great player, Kai Havertz is a great player.

“Right time, opportunity – everything has to come together. Six, seven weeks ago, we didn’t know if we could play again this year. If we hadn’t played the second half of the season, we would have thought, ‘OK, when can you really play football again?’ And now it starts right away.

“We act as if everything is already settled. It’s not settled. We use this little loophole we’ve been left to play football again. Everything else we have to see the moment it happens. We can’t pretend now that everything’s going to be fine in the future.”

Klopp confirms that it was definitely a monetary issue Liverpool faced with Werner, but not in the way people think. Liverpool simply wants to refrain from spending any money right now, until matches start and everything starts going smoothly, otherwise there is a fear of going bankrupt.

“There are all sorts of rumours in England about who Manchester United are going to pick, Chelsea are going to pick,” he said.

“It’s rather quiet here (at Liverpool) at the moment, I think it’s safe to say. If you want to take it seriously and run a normal business and depend on income and have no idea how much you will earn… especially because we don’t know when we can start playing with spectators again.

“At the moment, all clubs are losing money. Without spectators, we have to pay back the season tickets and probably sell none next year. At least maybe without the first 10 or 15 games. The VIP areas won’t be packed and the tickets won’t be sold. This will have an impact on other partners and things will look a bit different.

“Discussing with the players about things like salary waivers and on the other hand buying a player for £50-60m, we have to explain.”

Klopp is right to talk about both salary cuts and transfer deals – it’s not fair on the Liverpool staff and cutting their wages while spending up to 60 million pounds on a new striker. 

See More: Top 10 Liverpool most expensive departures ever

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