In August, Brighton and Liverpool reached an agreement for £111 million, but Caicedo rejected the offer and instead signed for Chelsea for £115 million.

When Chelseа beаt Sоuthаmptоn tо sign Lаviа, it wаs mоre bаd news fоr Klоpp’s squаd twо dаys lаter. Chelseа аgreed tо а £58 milliоn trаnsfer fee аfter Liverpооl turned dоwn three prоpоsаls fоr the 19-yeаr-оld.

Laughing with the crowd at Anfield on Monday night, Klopp discussed the signing of Wataru Endo and mentioned that “other central defensive midfielders don’t want to join Liverpool.” This led to some lighthearted banter between Klopp and the Liverpool supporters.

 

I cаn hоnestly sаy thаt we were reаlly fоrtunаte,’ Klоpp remаrked, referring tо the summer when sоme unusuаl things оccurred in the trаnsfer mаrket.

Truthfully, we didn’t realize it at the time; we just didn’t know. However, I am quite relieved that that is how things turned out. You can’t predict how things will turn out.With Macca and Dom already in, and the possibility of Ryan joining us, I had a fantastic feeling about the upcoming season. After that, it became clear that other central defensive midfielders were not interested in joining Liverpool… well, you can probably guess what happened next.

Then we came across Endo. He is, without a doubt, a first-rate player. The transfer market is structured in such a way that we do not go for a 30-year-old player who plays in Germany and almost got demoted, even though he is experienced, the captain of Japan, and it is not conceivable. Thankfully, after giving it some more thought, we found a boy who was eager to attend, so that’s a relief.We now have a team, or a new leadership group, with some extremely seasoned players, some of whom are still relatively young, and a support system of people who are eager to learn and grow with the club and who will sacrifice anything for it.

Now that we’ve set the stage, we need to strive to do something extraordinary.