Marc Kosicke – the agent of Jürgen Klopp – has been speaking to Sky Germany, where he made an interesting claim about Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool.
FSG felt Liverpool might suffer
Well, Kosicke spoke to Florian Plettenburg of Sky Germany to ease fears that his client would be leaving Anfield.
However, when Klopp’s agent was moving to calm speculation that the German would be leaving Merseyside, he let slip that FSG foresaw what would happen this season.
Speaking to Plettenburg, Kosicke said: “I can assure that Jürgen Klopp has no intention of resigning from Liverpool. The fact that problems could arise this season due to the past intensive season was taken into account by the club’s owners before the start of the season. He didn’t extend his contract until 2026 for nothing.”
By “taken into account” we believe Kosicke is referring to Klopp’s contract extension in April.
However, FSG clearly didn’t take everything into account, as there was a worrying lack of investment into the first-team squad, which has now come back to bite Liverpool.
FSG have left Klopp & Liverpool down
Only one major signing was made over the summer in Darwin Nunez, who arrived from Benfica in a deal worth £64m.
However, that was largely a necessity after Sadio Mane left for Bayern Munich, so that arguably cannot even be considered as FSG moving to strengthen the playing staff.
Aside from that trade, only Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsey were signed for £5m and £6.5m respectively, with little Premier League experience between them.
Elsewhere, Manchester City signed Kalvin Phillips – who we have barely seen so far – for £45m, while Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea spent considerable amounts.
Even Nottingham Forest and West Ham smashed through the £100m spending barrier.
FSG had the chance to build a dynasty under Klopp, although years of underinvestment and a reliance on his extraordinary managerial skills have led to the current situation.
A huge overhaul must be funded by FSG in 2023 to make the Reds competitive again, or else there may be severe discontent at Anfield next season.
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