Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp says he has no plans to bring in any new players in January, preferring to give the players he already has more time to prove themselves according to the Daily Telegraph.
The German manager was adamant that the club was prepared to spend money next month is it was necessary, but feels that with players returning from injury he has more than enough options.
“It’s much more important to work with people and if you trust them they have to feel it – and not just for two days but for a longer time,” said Klopp. “That’s not how the world should run. If we have problems it’s not with quality, it’s maybe with concentration or other things. But we don’t know if players we get will do it better. I’d give the advice to stay cool and see what happens.
“If we need something we will do it, not talk about it before. In this moment I don’t think about it. No one should be in doubt that we are prepared for any situation. We have 24 hours always at work.
“We always watch players on video but if we take them in winter, in summer or never I don’t know at this moment.”
Klopp also mentioned that of the players he would like to sign such as Leroy Sane of Schalke and Marko Grujic of Red Star Belgrade would probably not be available until the summer.
“Jon Flanagan will come back in next week, then we will have two left-backs and two right-backs. I don’t feel we have to look at other people just because they cost £20 million,” said Klopp.
“We have four centre-backs when Mama [Sakho] is back – Kolo is the fourth because of his age but now he’s always available.
“In midfield we have Hendo [Jordan Henderson] back so that’s like a new option for us. We have other offensive players and we have more strikers than others, so where is the space? In January we have don’t know how many games we have, maybe every three days, so we have to be prepared.
“We know all the players in world football. Some fit us, some don’t. The challenge for us over the next month and years is to rotate but not to lose quality. You need 20-22 high quality players who are ready for it.”
