Klopp made his feelings very clear as his 'best liverpool signing' exits anfield

JURGEN KLOPP BELIEVES HE MADE A TRANSFER MASTERSTROKE DURING HIS TIME AT LIVERPOOL WITH A PLAYER NOT NAMED MOHAMED SALAH OR VIRGIL VAN DIJK 10:41, 31 May 2025 Former Liverpool manager Jurgen

Klopp once stated that neither Mohamed Salah nor Virgil van Dijk were his top signings during his time at Anfield. Klopp brought in a number of top-class players during his nine-year tenure

on Merseyside, including Alisson Becker, Sadio Mane and Andy Robertson, among others. However, the 57-year-old has revealed that his best signing was not a player he bought in the transfer

market, but rather one he promoted from within the club. Speaking on the Pure Football Podcast in 2020, Klopp said: "It's Trent [Alexander-Arnold]. We didn't have to buy him

but Pep Lijnders my assistant brought him around and said: 'He played No.6 [role] for me. He played full-back, he played right wing, left wing'. "Then he came and there was

only one problem: Trent was not fit enough. But he was a kid so he was not fit enough but we saw immediately, wow, football wise no doubts. "But [he was] not fit enough so we had to

work on that. But then he made steps by himself that were really unbelievable and that was really nice to see. Then he made mistakes and didn't give up." Ironically, it was

announced on Friday that Alexander-Arnold would be leaving Liverpool after 20 years at the club to join Real Madrid, marking the end of an era for the 26-year-old at his boyhood club.

Article continues below While it was anticipated that he would join the Spanish side on a free transfer after his contract ended on June 30, Real Madrid have struck a £10million deal to

secure Alexander-Arnold's services a month earlier. The agreement was reached to ensure the right-back could participate in the Club World Cup, with plans to present him as a new

signing on June 1. The initial news of Alexander-Arnold's pre-agreement with Madrid did not sit well with Liverpool supporters, leading to some fans booing him when he entered the pitch

during the 2-2 draw with Arsenal earlier this month. Klopp, who attended the LFC Foundation Gala Ball prior to Liverpool's season finale against Crystal Palace, defended his former

player and expressed his disappointment at the section of fans who chose to jeer the defender. "I don't want to tell anyone what they should think, I don't want to say what

you have to think but I can tell you what you think is wrong. Because I am an old man and I don't waste time with hiding my opinion," he said. "I watched the game when he came

on and I heard the booing. I'm old so it may be my hearing so I turned up the volume and said 'That's booing'. I needed another 10 seconds to realise and then I switched

the telly off. I honestly could not have been more disappointed in this moment. This is not us, 100 per cent. "I don't tell you you should not be disappointed or angry, I tell you

'Don't forget'. This club does not forget. We are famous for not forgetting. We don't forget anything: we don't forget the good thing and we don't forget the

bad thing. Article continues below "But we ignore the bad things and remember the good things. You don't have to be happy he is going, but don't forget what he did for this

club because I can't forget it." Slot's team swiftly confirmed their intention to move forward following the star's departure to Madrid, announcing the signing of Jeremie

Frimpong mere hours after the Englishman's exit was made public.