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Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has handed newly appointed manager Jurgen Klopp the final say over all signings, as per the reports on Liverpool Echo. Ayre has insisted that the club does not use a transfer committee at Anfield and the manager has the sole authority in identifying future signings.
During Brendan Rodgers’ tenure at Merseyside, the club spent close to £300m but that spending came in for scrutiny with question marks raised over whether the Northern Irishman had control over the players that were being considered to be brought into the club. The club had brought in the likes of Christian Benteke, Roberto Firmino, James Milnes during the summer transfer window.
Unfortunately, after spending three years at the club, Rodgers was given the sack last month and the German coach came on to replace the former Swansea City boss at Anfield. When Klopp was unveiled as the club’s manager, he had played down talks of signing new players by stating that he prefers to make use of the current players at his disposal.
However, the former Dortmund coach hasn’t ruled out on a possible chance of signing players on January and he had insisted that he had ‘the first word and the last word’ on transfers. The club’s chief executive Ayre has confirmed the green light will only be given on any new signings with the manager’s approval.
“Brendan had the final say on all the players we signed,” Ayre spoke at the Web Summit in Dublin.
“There’s only one person that has the final say over what players at Liverpool Football Club and that’s Jurgen Klopp right now.”
“That’s always been the case for as long as I’ve been here.”
‘Transfer committee’ does not exist: Ayre
“The words ‘transfer committee’ I think got used once and became this idea that we all sit round a table and have a vote on every player we sign. That couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Ayre further added: “The point that has been made about the committee, and I don’t think we did anything any different to most football clubs, is that the manager will say we are looking for somebody in this position and a bunch of people – a mix of traditional scouts and more recently analytical and digital-based information – bring all of that together as was always the case.”
“Then we look at two, three, four players, the best players for that position, show them to the manager and the manager can go watch or have the scouts go watch those players and narrow it down.”
“At that point I’ll become more involved and start talking to clubs, agents, players on a negotiations basis and then the manager will choose.”
“That’s never changed. I’ve been at the football club eight years.”
“The committee and we don’t think of it as a committee, just the media do, is really a collaboration of all those people that all contribute to let the manager make that decision, and I think that’s very smart.”
