Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has ruled out buying a new midfielder this summer.
The Reds have been linked with Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham.
It was put to Klopp that Bellingham is at the front of these discussions and it was here he addressed the speculation by saying: “He’s not on the market, so that’s the first problem with that player. Well, the only problem with that player!”
Of criticism of his current midfield, Klopp continued: “I know all these things.
“We don’t score enough goals from midfield, this and that, but what do we want? This ‘Golden Cow’ that is producing absolutely everything, milk as well!
“We can go through it. Where do you want to start? So, Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Milner, Keita, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Fabio Carvalho, Oxlade-Chamberlain. Now tell me what kind of player are we missing? One who is offensive, 1.95m and arrives into the box to head balls in?
“OK… apart from that! We have three players in the squad who can easily play as a No 6 – Fabinho, of course, but Hendo and Milly played it fine. Creativity? If we bring in a player just for that, we immediately make it more difficult for Harvey, Curtis and Fabio.
“They can all play different positions as well of course, Curtis can play a line higher and Harvey and Fabio can play there too. Fine. We can play a different system as well, where we might only need two midfielders, but then all these guys can play as a No 10 in the new system.
“So where is the need for a midfielder? There’s really a lot of excitement for this situation from our side. If you want guarantees then you have to look somewhere else. We work a lot with expectations, and our starting point most of the time is very, very positive.”
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