There is method to the Reds’ spending spree madness

FORMER Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was well-documented during his time at Anfield about his resistance to spending large sums of money on transfer fees.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

Klopp was famously quoted as saying: “If you bring one player in for $100 million (about R1.75 billion) or whatever and he gets injured then it all goes through the chimney.

“The day that this is football, 'm not in a job anymore.”

Klopp, of course, is no longer in the hot seat at the Reds, but even he's needed to change his tune as the Premier League champions have blown away their competitors during the current transfer window with a host of big-money signings, most notably Florian Wirtz.

The German international cost Liverpool an initial £100m (about R2.37bn), topped up by a further £16m in potential add-ons, which makes the world is changing. That's just the way the market is. There's no question about it, it’s an insane sum?

Wirtz’s capture is, though, only the headline-grabber in Liverpool's almost £300m spending spree that is the envy of their Premier League rivals at the moment.