Liverpool's former director of football, Damien Comolli, claims that a number of Jurgen Klopp's signings are not got enough for the Premier League's top 4 and has questioned the club's overall strategy(KopTalk).
Comolli was sacked in 2012 by the Fenway Sports Group, but won an unfair dismissal claim after he left, claims that his former employees will not be happy with Klopp's results so far, but the German's job is safe due to the length of his contract.
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He has exactly the same number of points as Brendan Rodgers after 56 games so they are actually back to square one. The only difference is instead of been 6th or 7th they are actually 5th or 6th which is not a massive difference. I think they will be very disappointed but I don't think his job is under threat. Don't forget that after just a few months into the job they gave him a new 5-year contract so he has massive protection.
In today's football world, a manager's contract is as big, in terms of finances, as a player's contract, so if they want to terminate his contract it would cost them so much money that they will think about it not twice, but probably ten or twenty times. I don't think he'll be in trouble but they will be very disappointed. It's 2 wins in the last 12 which is pretty poor.
For me, the main issue comes back to recruitment and how they recruited. They signed a goalkeeper who is not doing well. They are playing Lucas at centre-back because the one they signed is not doing well. They are missing a couple of players up front and are short in their substitutions. They are missing a couple of players up front and are short in their substitutions. Origi comes in and doesn't do anything.
Playing #Lucas in def while have no other options is crazy! We loaned out #Sakho & #Flano an #Klavan on the bench? Even #EmreCan can play CB
When you look at the players #LFC have missed out on #VanDijk #Alli #Mkhitarayan #Sanchez and bought #Balotelli #Klavan #Origi #Lambert
For me, it is a bigger debate about their strategy, you know, where do they go from where they are. Have they improved? Not really. The main issue is that they signed the wrong players.
Look at the players that came. Three of the players they signed last summer are from Germany so there is no way that anyone in the club will know those players better than Klopp did. But you talk to anybody in the scouting world and they will tell you that Matip is not for Liverpool. He is not top 4. He is not a top 4 player in England.
No idea what matip is like but surely he can't be worse than what we have got
Out of top 6 sides we have worst keepers no LB no backup at CB no striker with more than 15 goals and 5th lol #LFC
The goalkeeper? Not a chance. Klavan, the centre-half, not a chance can he play top 4 in the Premier League. Suddenly you think either Klopp is seeing things that other clubs are not seeing or he is wrong. At the moment, he's been wrong.�