"Jurgen, the schedule is too intensive. We must make a choice and give up the League Cup or the FA Cup starting in January."
In Klopp's office, Peter handed a schedule to Klopp with a serious face.
Klopp took a look at it and frowned. It was indeed very dense. Some games were only separated by two days.
According to the regulations of the Football Association, Premier League teams with European competitions must compete in the third round of the League Cup.
In this way, plus the league and Champions League, Liverpool is fighting on a third front.
"I know!" Klopp had a headache, but it was too early to make a decision now, and there was no way to decide.
If they can qualify for the Champions League group, then they will have to make all the trade-offs, and they will definitely give up the League Cup by then.
Compared with the Champions League and Premier League champions, the League Cup champion is worthless.
"Is there any news from that stingy guy?" Klopp suddenly changed the subject.
"I asked last night and Edwards said that Southampton rejected our offer very simply." Peter was stunned for a moment before he realized what Klopp was asking.
Klopp laughed and said: "Keep raising the offer, I don't believe Southampton won't be interested."
If that doesn't work, there is another way, which is to contact the players privately.
Klopp has absolute confidence in the attraction of wealthy teams. No player is unwilling to play for a wealthy team.
Because that means top honors, top salaries, both fame and income will increase exponentially.
Since Southampton is unwilling to sell this defensive core, then they will spend money.
Anyway, Barcelona's big dog has already offered Coutinho 100 million euros, which is more than enough to spend money on Van Dijk.
After scouts kept sending back videos of Van Dijk's games, Klopp became more and more fond of this young Dutch central defender. The more he watched, the more excited he became, and he wished he could bring him to Liverpool now.
The Dutchman is extremely calm when handling the ball. No matter what situation he faces, he can respond appropriately and make the best choice.
He also has a strong ability to dribble and protect the ball, and can safely transition the ball from the backcourt to the midfield and then release the ball. Generally, center backs with insufficient skills simply do not have such strong courage.
Judging from the video, this guy also has a strong ability to push forward with the ball. Even when faced with two people pressing him, this guy can often move forward with the ball while ensuring safety.
The ability to control the ball and advance is very valuable for a central defender.
This forward movement can effectively restrain the high press.
So introducing this guy to Liverpool will definitely make his tactics more diverse.
In addition, Van Dyke has many advantages!
For example, he has broad vision, accurate long passes, strong high-altitude defense, very strong one-on-one ability, and extremely high golf IQ.
Maggs, who is responsible for tracking Van Dijk, recently made a shocking statistic.
After Van Dijk moved from Celtic to Southampton, in the games he participated in, none of the goals conceded were due to his mistakes, not even indirectly. This is very scary.
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In September, the third round of the League Cup begins.
Liverpool drew the English League One team Gillingham.
This also made Klopp relieved. Fortunately, he was not drawn against a British Championship team.
In this game, except for Coutinho, the main players who played against Chelsea in the previous round were collectively rotated, including Mo Yang, who did not even make the squad.
There is no suspense about the result of the game.
In the opening minute, Klein came in from the wing, passed directly to the back post, and assisted Sturridge to score a header.
Gillingham then shrank the defense and launched a defensive counterattack, but giving up possession was a fatal mistake, especially when Coutinho, who has a strong long-range scoring ability, was on the court.
So Coutinho, who had unlimited fire rights, took a long shot from outside the penalty area like a joy.
After the first half, Coutinho had scored two goals.
Gillingham was completely defeated in the second half. Coutinho scored a hat-trick and Sturridge scored twice. They successfully advanced to the next round of the League Cup with a score of 5-0.
Klopp was all smiles in this game. The better Coutinho performs and the more goals he scores, the more money he will sell for.
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On September 4, 2016, the sixth round of the Premier League started, with Liverpool sitting at home and facing the challenge of the newly promoted Wolves.
After the Wolves were promoted to the Premier League, their results were very good and they showed great strength.
After five league rounds, the Wolves have achieved a record of wins, losses and 1 draw, and are currently ranked eighth in the league with a goal difference advantage.
Klopp was not careless in this game and sent out most of his main players.
But because September 8th is the second round of the Champions League group, Liverpool is about to travel to Russia for an away game against CSKA Moscow.
Therefore, in this game, Klopp put Mo Yang, the most important core player, on the bench, allowing Mo Yang to get sufficient rest.
After the game started, Wolves played very fiercely, not at all like a Championship team that had just been promoted to the Premier League.
Especially the speeding road on the right that impressed Mo Yang deeply, which brought great defensive pressure to Liverpool's defense.
Once Traore rushes forward, not only no one in the English Championship can restrain him, but there are also very few defensive players in the Premier League who can restrain him.
Fortunately, Robertson was fast enough and could barely keep up with this guy, destroying several of the Wolves' threatening wing attacks.
But until the end of the first half, neither side scored a goal.
Liverpool played very well in this game. Their high press in the frontcourt often prevented Wolves from getting the ball out, but unfortunately they were always just a little short of scoring.
In the 70th minute of the game, Klopp failed to score a goal. Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he directly replaced Mo Yang.
"It's coming, it's coming! Mo Yang is coming!"
"Finally we've been waiting for this boy!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, when they saw Mo Yang replacing Lallana, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun were instantly shocked and beamed with joy.
Then a magical scene appeared again.
As soon as he saw Mo Yang come on the court, Wolves head coach Nuno immediately made a huge tactical adjustment and immediately switched to a defensive midfielder.
The formation instantly changed from 5 to 5, and the midfield line was greatly withdrawn, forming a close connection with the defense line, and directly engaged in defensive counterattacks.
When Klopp saw this on the sidelines, he almost died of anger on the spot.
He replaced Mo Yang because he wanted to help the team open up the situation, but he didn't expect the Wolves to be scared into such a dog shape.
"What on earth has this brat Yang done to me?" Klopp said with a look of resentment. The game will only become more difficult now.
Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the live broadcast room burst into laughter when they saw this scene.
This change means that Mo Yang is powerful and that Mo Yang's ability has been recognized by the Premier League teams. How could they not be proud of it.
Looking at today's football, the only ones who can frighten the opponent to immediately give up offense and focus on defense after coming on the field are the pair of peerless duo Melo in La Liga.
Now that Mo Yang also has such superstar-level treatment, I can't help but feel happy.
When the home fans of the Red Army saw Mo Yang, they burst into cheers that lasted for a long time.
After continuous phenomenal performances in the Champions League and league, Mo Yang has now completely conquered this group of picky Red Army fans.
They have now fully recognized the successor to the No. 8 jersey. This is the midfielder chosen by their old captain.
This has also resulted in Mo Yang's jerseys selling like hotcakes and has been sold out seven or eight times, making Edwards and Liverpool's top brass burst into laughter.
The excellent performance and the recognition of the fans have initially proved the success of their signing.
Liverpool has made a lot of money. You must know that Mo Yang's current worth has almost exceeded 45 million pounds, and the rate of return is fast and high!
Simply incredible!
This also made Liverpool's top management more trustful in Klopp and spared no effort in bringing Van Dijk to join Liverpool.
This German’s vision is so bad, he might be the next Mo Yang. (To be continued)