When your own words bite you in the bum

It was the summer of 2016. Manchester United brought in Paul Pogba for 100,000,000 euros. It was one of the transfers that caused an earthquake in the football world.Resigned for some reason, Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool, said to the press:“The day that this is football, then I’m not in a job anymore. Other clubs can spend more money and collect top players. I want to do it differently. I would even do it differently if I had that money.”Those were the words of a somewhat embittered man, who would be bitten in the bum faster than anyone expected. Even today, seven years later, when Klopp publicly announced the arrival of Moises Caicedo to Liverpool in a transfer worth 127,000,000 euros, which is a new British record, the same words haunt him on social networks, from all possible corners of the Internet.Liverpool breaking the Premier League record: Caicedo arrives for 127,000,000 euros”A hypocrite”, “It’s time to resign” and similar words echo from all sides. Klopp has been declared as a man who says one thing today, completely the opposite tomorrow. And he feels comfortable in his own skin again.Does it all affect the German? Not at all.”We don’t care what the world around us thinks. Just like Manchester United didn’t care what I said when they brought Pogba,” said Klopp.The fact that Jurgen has since admitted that he has changed his mind is of no interest to anyone. He said it once, then denied it “a hundred times”, since the arrival of Caicedo does not mean that Liverpool spent a nine-figure sum in the transfer window for the first time. A year ago, Gakpo and Darwin arrived for a total of almost 130,000,000 euros. And, this summer, the sum exceeded 200,000,000, because previously Szoboszlai came for 70,000,000 euros and Mac Allister for slightly more than 40,000,000.🗣️ “If people want to throw my quote from 4-5 years ago, no problem. That day is what I thought. I realise now I was wrong.” Jürgen Klopp on his comments in 2016 saying that he would be out of a job in football if he spent £100m on one player. 💰 pic.twitter.com/vPFLsLe0Ej— Football Daily (@footballdaily) August 11, 2023 Then Klopp admitted that everything has changed in his way of thinking.”That’s the problem in this day and age, that when you say something, no matter how stupid it is, nobody forgets it. At that time, I could not even imagine that the world would change so quickly. Just two and a half years ago, 100,000,000 euros was an insane amount of money. But everything has changed since then. When I said that, it was my opinion at the time. Did I change it? I did. It’s true. But it’s better to change your mind than not to have one,” Klopp defended himself.Basically – he doesn’t care. He got what he was looking for, a whole new midfield. And a team capable of fighting for trophies again. And for Liverpool fans, that’s the only thing that matters.##NAJAVA_MECA_7424317##

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