Jurgen Klopp held his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool’s match with Wolves tomorrow afternoon and as with so many managers right now, he was asked his thoughts on Chelsea’s spending.
Klopp said: “I’ll say nothing without my lawyer”, “I don’t understand this part of the business, it’s a big number. They are all really good players so congratulations. I don’t understand how it’s possible, but it’s not for me to explain”.
Clearly, Klopp is confused, like everyone else, however, if you do a bit of research, you would know that Chelsea’s spend was very possible due to the amortised contracts over a long period, of course, UEFA are going to now limit amortisation spread to five years but Chelsea have plans to sell off a high number of academy players and first team players in the summer in order to raise funds and balance the books.
Chelsea are undergoing a rebuild and securing top-class players like Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk amongst others enables Chelsea to avoid summer competition and be ahead of the curve almost.