Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp revoked on his promises on doing transfer business this summer to strengthen his first team.
Despite the club being linked to top-quality players, like Bruno Fernandes and Nicolas Pepe, Klopp decided to keep faith with his current first-team squad and not bring in another established first-team player.
Fans legitimately argued that the team needed to add quality depth in the forward and left-back positions, particularly. But the team opted to stay loyal to the set of players that delivered European Cup glory last season.
Liverpool did sign Harvey Elliot and Sepp van den Berg, but with the look of things, the summer signings will only be a periphery team member rather than key players.
It is now a must for the tactician to bring out the best from his ‘trusted’ squad, physically and psychologically.
Squad rotation can assist with the physical development and creating a winning mentality will benefit psychological development.
Going by the comment of the former Dortmund manager after Liverpool’s 2-1 victory at Southampton, a paranoid attitude is what the manager is trying to bring into the team.
For a number of critics of the side’s failure to reinforce the team in the last summer window, the die is already cast for the Reds. Their already stretched team will have to cope with the incessant physical pressure the huge fixture list offers. It is feared, the team will not come close to repeating last season’s haul of 97 points or their UEFA Champions League glory.
It is crystal clear that the manager knows the narrative that surrounds his squad and is seriously utilizing this overview and trying to use it to the squad’s benefit.
The boss believes a team of a highly motivated set of players can offset some of the physical stress that will come their way in what is a huge campaign for them. Whether this will work will only be determined at the end of the season.
The man-management skill that has helped Klopp excelled, that the manager has shown once again when talking about the mistake that leads to the Southampton goal on Saturday afternoon.
Adrian’s error almost gifted the host a way back into the Premier League match when the goalies’ poor pass deflected into his out net by former Liverpool man Danny Ings – with the scoreline at 2-0 to the Reds.
However, the manager refused to openly berate the Spaniard and compared the safe hands’ error to that of the side’s first-choice goalkeeper, Alisson Becker, last term against former League champions Leicester City.
The Reds will need several factors to go their favor if they are to lift their first Premier League title since the year 1990 – such as refereeing decisions, injuries, and some other uncontrollable football factors. One factor the team can always rely upon, though, is the motivational and man-management skills of manager Jurgen Klopp to bring out the best in the squad.
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