Yankee go home, owners don't want to invest and now they have this new friction with Klopp

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side must "start again" after insisting they are not hiding and acknowledged their "potential" has been lower than expected on "too many" occasions. "It's clear that we don't hide. Too many times this season we have not played to our potential. We can't go back in time, but we have to start again," the manager said in his pre-match press conference ahead of Tuesday's FA Cup replay against Julen Lopetegui's Wolves.

Liverpool go into the game having lost 3-0 to Brighton at the weekend to move ninth in the Premiership table on 28 points, 19 behind leaders Arsenal and 10 points adrift of the Champions League places. It was their second successive league defeat, although Klopp stressed they will continue "as strong" as they can. "These are football problems, they are solved with football," he explained. "To play better than we did against Brighton shouldn't be that difficult. That's the first step," he set himself as a short-term goal to start his rebuilding, after not knowing victory in this 2023.

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Faced with this already desperate situation, the German coach did not rule out turning to the winter transfer window to reinforce a squad now depleted by injuries. "We are looking around us. We're not big-headed. If the solutions were there, feasible and available, of course we would buy players," he said. The English club are still without Virgil van Dijk, while Darwin Nunez is still recovering. James Milner will be available for the Reds to face Julen Lopetegui's side in the FA Cup, with whom they will play in the play-off after a 2-2 draw in the first leg.

FSG blame injured players

Faced with a poor run of form and a lack of investment to bolster the squad, FSG has given Klopp its backing, but does not seem convinced it wants to invest in reinforcements. According to James Pearce of The Athletic, Jurgen Klopp retains the full support of FSG, who believe injuries have been a major factor in the team's struggles.