Jürgen Klopp believes that Liverpool had done a brilliant job by signing Roberto Firmino for a mere £29m from Hoffenheim. The Brazilian attacker was signed before the commencement of last season.
Firmino was the second most expensive signing at the time of his signing. The 25-year-old proved to be a key player for Liverpool this season as he has already bagged six goals this season and has fired Liverpool to the third spot this season.
Firmino was also linked with Manchester United but he preferred to join the Reds. Reports have emerged that the 25-year old has an anti-Arsenal release clause in his contract worth approximately £82m.
Klopp said, “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.”
