Jurgen Klopp outlines Liverpool’s transfer plans for remainder of summer window

Despite Liverpool’s success in 2018/19 season, Jurgen Klopp is still searching for new names to bolster his squad. The Reds won the Champions League and finished second in the Premier League last season, and have signed only young defender Sepp van den Berg so far this summer. Asked about Liverpool’s summer transfer plans, Klopp told the ECHO: "We are still looking, but it will not be the (biggest) transfer window of LFC. "It just will be a transfer window. We will see what we do, and if we haven’t done anything by the end it will be for different reasons. It’s about using this team. In the transfer window, you have to build a team that you think you want to go into the season with. But I have that team already. If we can bring somebody else in that makes it even better, we will see. But if not, this team is already there. And again we will have to find solutions at different moments." Klopp added that Liverpool's transfer strategy is almost with the long game in mind. “Transfer strategy has to be long-term,” he continued. “It has to be long term. “Short term covers the problem, but doesn't solve it. If someone gets an injury, and you buy someone to fill the position and three weeks later the injured player is back, then you have double quality in the same position. “Having too much quality doesn't help with the development of players. It's good for everybody on the outside, because they can say 'well if he can't play, then he can play or he could play. “If you're working together all week and then three of the players (of the same quality in the same position) can't play, they won't get any better. It's not just about them staying confident in that kind of situation. “You have to create a situation where you NEED the player, you need the boys. That's what we try. We have 100% always long-term plans. That's what is really good about this football club.”

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