It was put that way by the media, and the other "big" clubs. Some dumb fans jumped on it, but it was obvious to anybody remotely switched on that it could never be the case as the rules in place for a time (and those introduced immediately after the takeover) wouldn't allow it - which is precisely why it was so stupid for Klopp to say it. Still said it though, the big dumb ****. Klopp has played a part in your success (and still spent way more than we could while doing it), but the support base and the revenue streams that generates were built from long, long ago... You know, when you were successful and spent more money than anybody else. Organic growth. Just ask Sucky.
I have a feeling he's gonna be better than Big Dom Solanke, for a comparative reference... Still needs to aim a bit higher with his all time German great tbf.
the ****? Havertz? He wouldnt even make a top 10 of best German players! What about Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Miroslav Klose, Manuel Neuer, Michael Ballack, Oliver Kahn, Phillip Lahm, Bastion Schweinsteiger? ****ing Havertz!
I could even go on....... Jurgen Klinsmann, Lothar Mattaus, Toni Kroos, Julien Draxler, and probably 100 others who I have not heard of or were before my time, who would be above Havertz in the pecking order. Mad, mad take. Its the equivalent of someone saying "Who's your favourite England player of all time?" and your answer is "Daniel Sturridge" or "Emile Heskey"
Yeah I'd never heard of Jurgen Klinsmann before! Ya silly sausage. Robert Huth would even go above Havertz right now. Multiple PL winner!
I suppose what I was trying to say was that for the total possible fee of £69m we paid for Voldemort (Solanke region - £65m inc bonuses), he can have as bad an opinion of great German players as he likes, as I think he'll likely turn out to be a better investment than Big Dom.
Good ol' @Peej - Hanging out of the back of reds fans all summer, now admiring the wonderful organic growth made possible by the gurning fist pumper. No shame...
