ALL GOOD: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists that the existing contract with midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is ‘absolutely fine’
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp believes defending his name in the Premier League is the challenge they may have.
The Reds ran to their first name in 30 years with seven games left over from an interrupted season, however, even before the trophies were lifted in the last game of Anfield’s campaign, questions were already being asked about the option to repeat the feat.
Manchester City has been favourites and Klopp knows it would possibly not be easy to maintain the criteria they have noticed their team recorded 99 and 97 problems in the last two seasons, wasting only four times in that period, but that’s what they expect.
“Winning the league last year is the challenge you can have,” he said.
“If it’s a problem, I don’t know, but everyone gives me the feeling that it’s a problem.
“Everyone needs to be champions, and it’s not new to me as I knew before.
“It all depends on how we can put those intense performances in the box over and over and over again.
“The Premier League is the most powerful league in the world, and that means we have more competition than we need. “
Top flight
Liverpool face an intriguing check in the first match of their home against championship-winning Leeds, Marcelo Bielsa, who returned to the most sensible race after 16 years.
Bielsa has encouraged several of the world’s coaches, Pep Guardiola of Manchester City and former Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino, but what Klopp recalls is the Argentine’s remarkable pictorial ethics and his (sometimes questionable) methods.
“I appreciate him, but I’ve never been close enough to him to be with him,” the Reds coach said.
“Perhaps the toughest of us all, I don’t think we can compete with him in this area.
“When I think of the research you presented on the Derby Fit (Leeds fined 200,000 euros for spying on the Derby education consultation in 2019), Array . . . It’s also funny.
“We haven’t noticed any other suspicious people on our education floor this week, so everything’s fine. “
Sections of a fan base that is not easy have criticized the fact that Liverpool’s only move deal is Kostas Tsimikas’ 11. 7 million-pound signature as a pavilion for left-back Andy Robertson, after ascending defender Dejan Lovren to Zenit St. Petersburg and allowing midfielder Adam Lallana to leave after the expiration of his contract.
Barcelona is also turning around after expressing interest in Georginio Wijnaldum, whose existing agreement expires next summer, Klopp insists that the stage with the midfielder is a concern.
“Absolutely smart in the long run, as we are involved,” he said of reports that former Dutch coach Ronald Koeman needs to meet with Dutch abroad at Camp Nou.
“I can’t communicate about the long term in a few years, but everything’s fine. Everything’s fine right now. “
Fans are not easy with the signing of Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich, a player who loves Klopp, but that could not possibly happen unless money is raised elsewhere or Wijnaldum goes to Spain.
“If I could make up a word now that it put an end to speculation, it could make me rich,” Klopp said.
“I can’t finish the hypothesis while the play window is open, that’s all I can say. Did I mention that Thiago Alcantara is a very intelligent player? A long time ago.
“It’s smart that we’re similar to him, but that’s it, really. “
Meanwhile, Bielsa has refused to speculate on how she believes Leeds will behave in their first season in the Premier League.
Baptism
Leeds will face a chimney christening on Saturday at the launch of his long-awaited high-flying return to champions Liverpool.
Bielsa, who will remain on Elland Road for the third season after Leeds announced Friday morning that, despite everything, he had signed his new contract, also refused to set goals for his team.
“I don’t like waiting that far in the long run because I don’t know what’s going to happen,” the Argentine said.
“It’s very difficult to anticipate and we’re waiting for what will happen on the occasion of a championship replacement and a quality replacement. “