Klopp Talk: ‘Plenty of Reasons’ For Signing Jota

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The manager is pleased with Liverpool's latest signing

After a quiet summer in terms of transfer activity, Liverpool has had a very busy 48 hours. Yesterday they finally announced Thiago Alcântara. This morning they announced the transfer of Diogo Jota from Wolves. Jurgen Klopp was asked about his most recent addition.

“Oh my god, plenty of reasons!” the manager said about why he wanted to sign the forward. “He’s a player who gives us so many options to use him. He’s 23 years old, still far away from being kind of a finished article, so much potential. He has the speed, he can combine, can defend, can press.”

“It makes it just more unpredictable and gives us real options for different systems because he can play pretty much all three positions up front in a 4-3-3, if we play with four midfielders he can play both wings. So, these kinds of things. It’s just nice. And he has some natural things which we have in our game, like this desire and the greed and the direction. He is part of this unbelievable Portuguese generation in the moment, where they have really a lot of obviously quite skilled players. We saw the Portuguese team last time, it’s quite impressive. So, I’m really happy to have him here. And on top of that, a really good guy and really happy to be here.”

Klopp was also asked about Jota’s potential, and this is how he responded:

“He knows it’s a step for him, he knows that. Of course it is. We always talk about these kinds of things; who can improve our team, the team who won pretty much everything last year? A lot of things can improve us, just if you want to come and play 500 games in a row then it could be slightly difficult. He knows it’s a step for him and he can give us things we don’t have – that’s why it’s cool. The space for improvement is not what I like most, but it’s there. He is now already ready to play for us but yes, I’m pretty sure there’s something to come. And the way we play, the way we train and the way we treat people, I think will help him as well. And, of course, being in a team like this is good because [there are] good players around you, make yourself better. That’s how it will be with him as well and what he will do with us.”

Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com