{"id":299048,"date":"2023-12-12T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299048"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:17:17","slug":"jurgen-klopp-says-liverpool-were-lucky-to-miss-out-on-summer-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-says-liverpool-were-lucky-to-miss-out-on-summer-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool were &apos;lucky&apos; to miss out on summer targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Jurgen Klopp aims a cheeky dig at Chelsea and the \u00a3168m midfield duo they beat Liverpool to as he claims the Reds were &#8216;lucky&#8217; to miss out on the signings&#8230; before lauding Wataru Endo<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jurgen Klopp claimed that Liverpool &#8216;were lucky&#8217; to miss out on summer targets\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Liverpool manager also lauded new signing Wataru Endo as &#8216;exceptional&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On a packed train, how DO you ask a celebrity to move from a seat you have reserved? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has made a cheeky dig at summer targets Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo, claiming that Liverpool were &#8216;lucky&#8217; to miss out on the pair.<\/p>\n<p>The German manager made the comments at a test event for the opening of the club&#8217;s newly expanded Anfield Road stand, addressing a crowd of approximately 7,000 from the pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the summer window, Liverpool saw midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho leave the club and had gone head-to-head with Chelsea to sign Caicedo and Lavia, who snubbed the Reds\u00a0before\u00a0ultimately joining Chelsea for a combined fee of \u00a3168million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While concerns were raised after Liverpool had missed out on their main targets, Klopp brought in Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo, who have all impressed for the Reds this season, helping them leapfrog Arsenal at the top of the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And speaking on his summer business, Klopp told the fans inside Anfield:\u00a0&#8216;The summer we had a few strange things happen in the transfer market but here, between us, I can say, &#8220;My god, were we lucky, eh?&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/01\/78848687-12852793-image-a-44_1702343110517.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has joked that Liverpool were &#8216;lucky&#8217; to miss out on their summer targets\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/01\/78848691-12852793-image-a-45_1702343113195.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo snubbed the Reds by moving to Chelsea in the summer<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We didn\u2019t know that in that moment and it didn\u2019t feel like it in that moment, but yeah, I\u2019m really happy that it worked out, but you never know before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool manager added, jovially: &#8216;We obviously realised that other central defensive midfielders don\u2019t want to join Liverpool, you see what happens, and then we found [Wataru] Endo. He\u2019s an exceptional player.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo has struggled to impress for Chelsea in the middle of the park so far this season, with the Blues manager Mauricio Pochettino recently calling on him and midfield partner Enzo Fernandez &#8216;to improve&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Lavia, meanwhile, has been ruled out for most of the season after he suffered an ankle injury in the summer, with Mail Sport previously reporting that he could be in line to make his competitive debut for the Blues in December.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool claimed a late 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace at the weekend that extended their unbeaten run to six games in all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/01\/78848689-12852793-Romeo_Lavia_also_opted_for_a_move_to_Chelsea_instead_of_the_Reds-a-57_1702344255314.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Romeo Lavia also opted for a move to Chelsea but has been sidelined with an ankle injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/01\/78849255-12852793-image-a-58_1702344331217.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Klopp heaped praise on summer signing Wataru Endo &#8211; 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