Liverpool fans are starting to voice their displeasure about manager Jurgen Klopp after a January transfer window rant they're calling 'ridiculous'.
The Reds confirmed the signing of Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday evening in a £37 million deal.
Gakpo had been linked to Manchester United since the summer, but Liverpool decided to act after the 23-year-old's stellar World Cup campaign with the Netherlands.
With Liverpool currently sixth in the Premier League table after an inconsistent first half of the campaign, many believe they need to improve their squad further to break into the top four.
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Arsenal, Newcastle United and Manchester United have all improved this term and reside in the top four right now, along with Manchester City.
Tottenham Hotspur dropped out following a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday, while Chelsea could mount a late surge under Graham Potter.
Klopp's said Liverpool won't be able to splash the cash this month while expressing his frustration at the speculation surrounding potential moves.
"I’m now seven years [in the Liverpool job]. It’s every transfer window," he vented ahead of Monday's clash with Brentford. "We talk about these things as if money wouldn’t play a role and it’s just like ‘who cares?’
"But it was never like this where you could just spend money. I don’t want to disappoint anybody, but we’ve signed an outstanding player like Gakpo and the next thing you read is ‘who’s next?’
"We cannot play [the transfer window] like Monopoly. Of course, we cannot just spend. We never could!
"It’s a big part of my philosophy to have faith and trust with the players you have – and not constantly questioning them by telling them that we’re looking at other players for their position.
"With Cody, it’s obvious. We have a void now [in the attack] and the timing was perfect. If we’d waited until the summer, he’d definitely have been even more expensive or somebody else would have picked him up."
Klopp outlined his desire for Liverpool to have a squad with two quality players in every position before stressing it needs to be the right move for the team and financially.
The comments haven't gone down online, with several starting to turn their backs on Klopp.
One person said: "Klopp is brilliant but I can’t fully accept everything here."
Another put: "This just proves the reason on us not signing players is also on him. Ridiculous."
A third tweeted: "That contract extension is looking like a huge blunder."
While someone put: "This is the man you guys protect!"
Topics: Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp
Daniel Marland