Jürgen Klopp is confident that Liverpool will not need to make any significant changes when it comes to keeping its record-breaking Premier League crown next season.
The head of the Red, however, admits that uncertainty in the transfer market means that some clubs will be tempted to take “risks” to close the gap on his side.
Liverpool’s national dominance is so great that last week they ended their 30-year wait for the title by being the first team in history to secure the title with seven games remaining.
A heavy 4-0 loss to Manchester City on Thursday has shown that the outgoing champions are keen to take back the crown next season, while Chelsea have already spent a lot of money opening the transfer window this summer, with Manchester United likely as well is reinforced.
Klopp has previously indicated that Liverpool is unlikely to do any major business, and firmly believes the squad’s approach doesn’t need to be revised for the Reds to be ready next season.
“We don’t have to change,” he said. “We have to do the good things and then continue to improve the not so good things.
“Having better messages for the boys is what we have to improve 100%. We’re at a pretty interesting level, but it’s still possible to do better.
“I don’t expect perfection from my players. I want to play as best as possible next season. If you can be very successful if you lose six, seven or eight games, I will be surprised.”
“When I look at the league now, I see that so many teams are really improving. It’s a difficult time, we don’t know who takes a lot of risk with transfers and who doesn’t, we’ll see.”
“We’ll make sure we’re ready for a real competition and a real challenge. I don’t expect us to win 38 games or I won’t be happy anymore. These guys are exceptional characters and I dress. ” don’t even doubt it 1%. I trust them 100%.
“They’re not perfect and they make mistakes, but they keep striking back. Since I know them, they have always improved and struck back. They are thoughtful. As I said, we will not defend the title, we will.” attack it. We have to be prepared for the reaction of the other teams. “
Liverpool have six games left this season to break the 100-point mark – currently there are 86 – and will start fighting Aston Villa at home on Sunday.
Joel Matip is left out and Dejan Lovren has undoubtedly missed the defeat in the city. Klopp is considering switching resources for the second of four games in 14 days.
The head of the Reds secured two titles in a row during his time at Borussia Dortmund after having had a bad start to the next season after his triumph in 2010/11, to remain unbeaten in the last 28 games and FC Bayern Munich with eight To score points in second place.
“We didn’t do anything else, no,” he said. “We lost one player this year, Nuri Sahin, and then brought in Ilkay Gundogan, who was obviously not a bad substitute.
“We trained hard, we saw our future positively, but we didn’t expect us to win the league again. There was a chance, but the big competitor was Bayern Munich and they usually strike when you beat them. ” back with everything they have. This year was no different.
“After five game days, I’m pretty sure we were about seventh in the league. The media in Germany tossed us everything they could find. They said we had lost focus, we were no longer greedy enough would still be partying, all the obvious rubbish.
“And then we won an away game in Mainz 2-1 with a really bad goal. We knew at that moment that this was the step for us this season because we weren’t bad at the beginning, we just don’t have that Achieved results. ” .
“From that moment the team broke all records in Germany, 81 points at the end without losing 20 games. That’s because we were still good and the boys were 100% there.”
Klopp added: “It is not important that you won last year, it is that you may be able to win next year. We never felt that we had to win the league to show that we still did there is still competition and all that. ” other teams can improve. It was a great season, but in a moment everyone criticized us.
“What I learned there is that I’m prepared for all the things that you (the media) will say about us if the next season doesn’t start as it should. But as long as I am in the eyes of my boys see that they are ready, it will have absolutely no impact on what we do. “
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