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Ian Doyle

'John is right' - Jurgen Klopp reacts to FSG claims and drops Liverpool transfer strategy hint

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool have already set the template for how they will further revamp their squad this summer as he responded to John Henry's latest comments on investment.

Fenway Sports Group chief Henry spoke exclusively to the ECHO earlier this week when he discussed plans for future signings and an injection of new cash into the club.

Henry spoke of "investing wisely in the transfer market" and that FSG will "continue building at Liverpool Football Club in a responsible manner".

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And while agreeing with the Liverpool owner, Klopp highlighted how the Reds have restructured their forward line as they prepare to start doing the same to their midfield in the summer.

"John is right," said the Reds boss. "Look at the players we have brought in the last couple of transfer windows, Luis (Diaz), Darwin (Nunez), Cody (Gakpo), players for the first line.

"I think Sadio (Mane), Bobby (Firmino) and Mo (Salah) together were for quite a while one of the best front three in world football. Then Sadio left last summer, we will see what happens to Bobby in the summer, and only Mo is left pretty much. But we replaced them and Diogo (Jota) came in that time as well.

"That's investment, and it's wise investment and responsible investment. That's what you want and what you need and what we needed. This year they were unfortunately most of the time injured, that didn't help but they were here anyway and Cody only came later.

"This has to be now in a similar manner we will do that for other parts of the team and that will be possible."

Liverpool have committed to investing almost £130million in signing Nunez last summer and Gakpo in January, with the pair demonstrating they are successfully adapting to life at Anfield by both scoring twice in the record-breaking 7-0 romp over Manchester United last Sunday.

And Klopp believes the duo are benefiting from the Reds not burdening big-money signings with any great weight of expectation.

“They deal very well with it but I think we deal very well with it altogether because we don't put extra pressure on the players; we never did and will never do," he said.

"But that doesn't mean there is no pressure because we know the world can be quite an intense place, especially when you cost a lot of money. A lot of things are said and written and you have to deal with it.

"Now it is obviously at a point, for Cody it went really quickly. We were hoping for it but you never know 100%. His contribution is really obvious, the same for Darwin. Like it was for Luis, like it was for Diogo when he came in.

"Obviously scouting can never be perfect because you only know a player when he is around you but we were obviously spot-on in these moments. We signed the player but also the boy behind as well and both worked really well so I'm really happy with the development."

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