 Jurgen Klopp has admitted he was wrong to criticise spending £100m on a single player after confirming that Liverpool have agreed to spend £110m on Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo. Manchester United news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy In a remarkable development on Thursday night the Reds struck a monstrous deal for the Ecuadorian, which will break the British transfer record if it is completed. The move is not quite over the line, with Klopp saying on Friday: 'I got told that I can confirm the deal with the club is agreed whatever that means. In the end we want the player and not any kind of agreement. We will see what happens.' The potentially huge transfer saw Klopp questioned about his comments in 2016 when Manchester United re-signed Paul Pogba from Juventus for around £89m. Speaking in 2016, the German said: 'If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney. 'The day that this is football, I'm not in a job anymore, because the game is about playing together. 'Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players. I want to do it differently. I would even do it differently if I could spend that money.' Clearly prices have gone up since then but nevertheless, Klopp admits he was wrong with his comments at the time. 'Everything changed. Do I like it? No. Did I realise I was wrong? Definitely. That's the way it goes,' he said in a press conference on Friday. 'It's not great, it's not top, but it's the way it goes. Saudi Arabia definitely will not help with that. Not blaming anybody, but it will not help. Another market with a lot of money. 'In the end, we as a club we have to try to make sure, with our resources, with the money we have, we get the best possible team together. Moises Caicedo appears to be on his way to Chelsea (Picture: Getty Images) 'We try to bring together the bets team or squad for us, th){kind=link}
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Jurgen Klopp has admitted he was wrong to criticise spending £100m on a single player after confirming that Liverpool have agreed to spend £110m on Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo.
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In a remarkable development on Thursday night the Reds struck a monstrous deal for the Ecuadorian, which will break the British transfer record if it is completed.
The move is not quite over the line, with Klopp saying on Friday: ‘I got told that I can confirm the deal with the club is agreed whatever that means. In the end we want the player and not any kind of agreement. We will see what happens.’