Klopp: England is obsessed with money, money, money - but I don't care!

The former Borussia Dortmund manager has revealed that he intends to be involved in transfers but says that he has no concerns about Liverpool's finances

Posted Saturday, October 10, 2015 by Goal.com

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hit out at the Premier League's obsession with "money, money, money" and insists he does not care about such matters.

The 48-year-old was unveiled as Brendan Rodgers's replacement on Friday, labelling himself "the normal one" in his first press conference.

Klopp was questioned about Liverpool's transfer dealings during the media briefing and, while he outlined his intention to be heavily involved in the identification and acquisition of players, he revealed that he will not worry himself with the club's finances.

"I am always involved, of course, in transfers," he said. "But I was never the guy who spoke about the money. That doesn't interest me.

"If someone says to me 100 million is too much, I don't care about it for one second longer. I don't want to buy a player for £100 million or €100 million. The best thing is if you have a player and you can sell him for £100 million.

"It is only here that money is such a big thing. It is money, money, money. Okay, there is much money. You don’t have to spend all the money. You can hold it and make something else.

"Only two times a year do you want to talk about transfers. You have to train on the pitch much more. That is what I love most. I am the boss of many people. You call it coach or you call it manager. It is the same thing."

Klopp also maintained that he has no interest in signing players who do not wish to join Liverpool, such as Dortmund winger Marco Reus.

"I absolutely don't care about this," he added. "If we cannot sign a player like him we are not interested in him.

"We will have to take other players. Why should you look for players that are so expensive? The whole world plays football – there are players here and players there.

"Of course not having Champions League football is a problem, of course it is a negative. Absolutely. Of course it should be a target for all ambitious teams to play in the Champions League, for sure. But only four go in. You have to fight for it, not just talk about it.

"You have to go there and then look at which players are reachable and not dream of this player or this player and then always be 'but they don’t want to come to Liverpool'.

"If a player doesn't want to come to Liverpool then stay away. Really. If you think about the weather, stay away. If you think about other things, stay away. If you want to come here you are welcome."