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Liverpool will be looking to spend at the end of the season as Jurgen Klopp plans to rebuild the faltering Premier League giants.
After finishing second on 92 points in the league and reaching three cup finals last season, winning two, the Merseysiders have fallen from grace in this campaign, currently in sixth place and out of all other competitions.
Liverpool have been linked with moves for Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham and Chelsea’s Mason Mount among others, with the England pair anticipated to cost up to £200million between them.
Speaking ahead of his team’s trip to Manchester City, Klopp was not willing to go into specifics, but did outline the club’s intention to be active when the transfer market reopens at the end of the season.
“I will not answer the question [about potentially spending nine figures on one player] because we never speak about these kind of things,” the Reds manager said.
“We will spend in the summer, that’s what I can say, definitely. For who and how many and stuff like this, there is nothing to say about that really.”
Klopp is in the process of trying to create his next team at Anfield, having brought in Ibrahima Konate, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo in the last two years, but with ageing stars – particularly in midfield – recognises the need for more work.
“It’s clear after a specific amount of time that you need to shuffle things and kind of start anew. That is completely normal,” he added.
“It’s just rare nowadays that it happens with the same manager because people realise when you sack a manager and bring in a new manager, things change and you readjust the squad.
“After seven years it was clear that we have to do it. There is a moment when you have to make changes.
“We are not where we want to be, where we should be and where we have to be.”
