#2 He can’t attract top stars to Liverpool
Since moving to Liverpool, Klopp hasn’t been overly busy in the transfer game. While his signings – most notably Giorginio Wijnaldum and Sadio Mane – have usually been successful, they simply lack in marquee status when compared to the types of signings that Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United have made.
This season, for instance, has seen Chelsea buy Michy Batshuayi, N’Golo Kante, David Luiz and Marcos Alonso. Man City brought in John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan, Leroy Sane and Nolito amongst others and of course United signed Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
While there’s nothing wrong with not going for the big names – Klopp, like Pochettino, seems to go for players he thinks will fit his system – it could also be argued that Liverpool simply aren’t in a position to attract the top players in the first place.
While Champions League football should help next season, it’s still a question mark whether Klopp would come out on top in a transfer race if Chelsea, City or United were in for the same player, particularly given the wages that those teams can pay over and above Liverpool.
That makes things a bit trickier for the German and in the age of the large clubs stockpiling players, top-class signings may be hard to come by. And regardless of how you feel about it, usually you need to sign top players to win the league.
