Jurgen Klopp thinks the team made wise purchases this summer and enjoys his reimagined midfield.
The £35 million signing of Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich, whose deal is anticipated to be completed before the deadline after the 21-year-old traveled to Merseyside for his physical on Thursday, will bring the Reds’ engine room full circle.
Even though Klopp had always intended to shake up his midfield this summer, Fabinho and Jordan Henderson’s moves to Saudi Arabia forced him to make a more drastic shift than even he had anticipated.
World Cup champion Alexis Mac Allister of Argentina and Dominik Szoboszlai of RB Leipzig were early additions as part of the intended revamp, but Wataru Endo and Gravenberch, who were long-term targets but were thought to be unavailable, arrived much later than anticipated after Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia both turned them down for a move to Chelsea.
“We essentially had to start over with the team. He remarked, “The middle is ready and will be brand-new.
We had to do that during a season in which we failed to earn a spot in the Champions League, which had a significant effect.
The manager feels they are capable of matching the success of the players they have replaced, even if he acknowledged that Endo will take longer given that he only arrived from Stuttgart in the middle of August.
Prior to Sunday’s visit from Aston Villa, Klopp remarked, “The inherent skill-set is apparent, but we had to replace the most successful midfield in the young (recent) history of this club.
