Liverpool tell Jurgen Klopp who has final say in transfer decisions

Ayre is part of the transfer committee that dealt with recruitment under Brendan Rodgers

LIVERPOOL chief executive Ian Ayre insists his club’s much criticised ‘transfer committee’ always hands the Anfield manager the final say.

 

It has been suggested that Brendan Rodgers paid the ultimate price for a rash of poor buys with his job and that his successor Jurgen Klopp’s hands will be tied when he enters the transfer market for the first time in January.

But Ayre is determined to put the record straight stating: “Brendan had the final say on all the players we signed.

“There’s only one person that has the final say over what players arrive now at Liverpool FC and that’s Jurgen Klopp.

 

“It’s been the case for as long as I have been here. The words ‘transfer committee’  I think got used once and became this idea that we all sit around a table and have a vote on every player we sign. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

“The manager will say we are looking for somebody in this position and a bunch of people – a mix of traditional scouts, and more recently analytical and digital based information – bring all of that together, as was always the case.

“Then we look at two, three or four players, the best players for that position. Show them to the manager and the manager can go an watch or have the scouts go and watch those players and narrow it down.

 

Klopp, famous for his cut-price transfers, will want to be busy in January

“At that point I’ll become more involved and start talking to clubs, agents, players on a negotiations basis and then the manager will choose.

“That’s never changed and I’ve been at the club for eight years now.

 

“The club doesn’t regard it as a committee, it is a collaboration of all those people contributing to let the manager make the decision. I think that’s very smart.”

Anfield boss Klopp will be looking to make it four wins on the bounce against Crystal Palace in front of The Kop on Sunday.