JURGEN KLOPP has admitted Liverpool’s injury problems have brought forward their summer transfer plans as talks continue over a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk’s Alex Teixeira.
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| Jurgen Klopp was tight-lipped on the potential transfer of Alex Teixeira |
The Liverpool manager was tight-lipped on the pursuit of the Brazilian forward, but said circumstances had forced him to reassess his outlook for the January transfer window.
Anfield chief executive Ian Ayre held face to face talks with Shakhtar officials in Florida on Wednesday and tabled a £24m offer for Teixeira. The Ukraine club are seeking around £38m.
"I have nothing to say about this,” said Klopp. “We could talk about a lot of players in the world and I could, if we had time for this, talk about the qualities they have.”
Yet Klopp admitted Daniel Sturridge’s ongoing absence, the injuries to Danny Ings and Divock Origi, plus Christian Benteke’s teething troubles mean Liverpool have brought forward their plans to pursue Teixeira in the summer.
Chelsea are also interested in the 26-year-old and Klopp said: "The whole situation changed obviously. I think I always said if our situation changed then we had to change our opinion.
"The January window is not the best and if you are under pressure then everyone wants prices where you think 'Are they crazy?'
"If you take a new player now we have two days to the next game, four days to the next so it is not a perfect moment.
"We have to watch the market, to think about what makes sense for us now plus for the summer.
"If we find a solution which fits for both transfer windows, winter and summer, and a player could help us as quickly as possible then of course we would try.
"I have always said we will watch the market and we will see if something happens, there are a few days to go.
"Nothing has changed in my mind or opinion. It is a little bit different with Steven Caulker.
"If there is a good player and we see a longer option with time to work together and not only for three games and all the others come back then we would think about it.
"If it was possible we would try to do something what we would want to do in summer.
"With player prices I think we should ignore this but we think about it, that's all. It (thinking) didn't change."
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