If Klopp is happy then so am I. Had he come out and criticised the owners then I would be with him but he seems happy enough. Blaming the owners is the easiest thing to do when fact is Southampton refused to sell Van Dijk no matter what we offered. Making a shopping list is the easiest thing to do, thing to remember is that we can't sign players just for the sake off it. The midfield slots are already full with Lallana, Hendo, Emre, Milner, Wijnal and now Ox as well. Up front and on the wings we have Couts, Salah, Mane, Sturridge, Solanke and Ings so we could not make signings just to put smiles on faces of fans like you who are addicted to criticism. Lets also remember that we have secured Keita for next season as well. We can't have a team of 22 superstars like you seem to want neither can we buy players when they are not for sale. A bid for Lemar was also rejected then we have kept Couts as well like I predicted. For now we just have to live with not having a classy centre back.
Klopp is happy, because he is a true professional - as long as he is a FSG employee, he'll never let down his owners. But, I can categorically tell that he isn't happy at all.
Don't get bluffed by the Kieta deal - it's been covered by both ways. Next year, if we make CL, Kieta'll join LFC and one or 2 of Lallana, Henderson & Can will be sold to balance the wage book - if we fail to make CL, Kieta'll ask for a transfer request .......
The VVD issue was completely self-made & FSG was never ready to dish out that sort of amount for a 26 years old CB, who won't bring even half in 4 years’ time. If FSG was interested, VVD would have been LFC player easily & I know exactly how. VVD submitted a transfer request, which means, any suitable offer & Southampton would have sold him, rather than risking to ban a player, who has declined to play for them (which eventually will result in much lower price). Now, due to so called tapping incident. LFC can't start the bidding, but they can bid if any other suitor had bidden. Chelsea, Arsenal or MCity would have never bidden for him for obvious reason - since, the player is interested only to move to LFC, any bid from them means LFC just had to match that & VVD would have strengthen their arch rival significantly. Other way was to take the bidding out of LFC's reach, but after so much investments MCity can't bid like 100mn for a CB, while Putin has told Abrahamovic to manage his luxury, so going forward you'll see lots of Drinkwaters in Chelsea, instead of Bellotti or Sanchez or Sandro.
Now, for VVD, what our Yank snakes had to do is offer couple of players without loan fee (& may be, offer the wage as well) to the likes of Accrington Stanley or Port Vale or Blackpool, in exchange to bid something like 10mn for VVD & the very next day LFC could have offered 50mn, upon which Southampton would have accepted may be for 60mn or at most 65mn - they would have been forced to sit on negotiation table. Barca was at least 10 times more stubborn than Southampton regarding Neymar - and they couldn't keep him for 7 days even with support from Spanish FA. If the player is willing, you simply can't keep him in current world.
Regarding Coutinho - NEVER, NEVER think that it was those Yanks that kept him. They were bargaining even on the last day for Eu 200mn; but we should thank Standard Chartered & New Balance for this one - Liverpool has one of the top 6 Shirt sponsors (SCB - only Chevrolet pays higher in EPL, while Real, Barca & Bayern for sure & probably MCity has bigger shirt deal) & probably 3rd or 4th highest Kit deal from NB Sports - they won't allow those Yanks to strip the club they have invested so much this way.
You can't have 25 superstars, but you should have 14 solid starters - we are at least 3 short still; sold Leiva & Sakho without any back up, and have loaned couple of players who were certain for bench.
Anyway, the window is over & we should support the team & manager for whatever is there. Starting XI isn’t bad, even without 2/3 holes & we can always hope that Mane & Salah (only 2 senior wingers left, now that Origi’s wage is also saved) remains fit for 75 matches (yes, 75 – they’ll start every match for Egypt & Senegal as well, in this WC year).
. Bottom line is you can't compete at highest level without a powerful & skilled No. 9. Leicester won the league & lots of credit goes to Mahrez, but that's probably injustice to Vardy. Look at the other 6 No. 9s (CF) in EPL - Costa, Aguero, Lukaku, Kane, Lecazzette & Rooney; first thing they are goal scorer; basic instinct is to get into position & hit first timers - Firmino almost certainly will need two touches for that, which can be a great quality, but not as the tip of attack. We need a 20 goal striker - No. 7, 10, 9, 11, 14, 12 or 8 I don't mind, that's Liverpool's history, from Toshak, Keegan, Rush, Fowler, Owen, Torress to Suarez. 
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