Klopp thanks Liverpool scouts for finding Firmino

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has paid tribute to the Liverpool scouts who were able to land Roberto Firmino for such a reasonable price. The Brazilian attacker joined the Reds’ in the summer of 2015, shortly prior to Klopp’s arrival. Klopp knew Firmino well from the player’s stint at Hoffenheim and the Liverpool boss has revealed […]
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2016-12-11 20:51:00

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has paid tribute to the Liverpool scouts who were able to land Roberto Firmino for such a reasonable price. The Brazilian attacker joined the Reds’ in the summer of 2015, shortly prior to Klopp’s arrival.

Klopp knew Firmino well from the player’s stint at Hoffenheim and the Liverpool boss has revealed that he tried to sign Firmino whilst manager at Borussia Dortmund. Firmino has flourished for the club this season and Klopp has paid tributes to the club scouts for identifying him.

“The first thing I did when I left Dortmund, I took my phone and deleted all the numbers so I was not reachable. So I didn’t speak to anyone to offer advice, about Firmino or anyone else. Nobody asked me about him but he was a player I thought was one of the best in the Bundesliga.

“So when I saw that Liverpool had signed him I thought, ‘How could Liverpool do this?’ They were not in their 100% best moment and other clubs would have spent more on him, so I thought, immediately, ‘What a good transfer for them.’

“When I heard about it I thought they had made a good signing, because I felt pretty sure clubs would have paid a lot more for him. A lot of people thought, ‘Hoffenheim, where is this? That is a lot of money’.

“In Germany some people don’t know where it is but, if you play your football there, then you feel it is a tough place and so you know what a decent job the scout did, whoever brought him in for that price.”

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