Jurgen Klopp speaks on comparisons between impact of Takumi Minamino and Erling Haaland

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken out on comparisons between the impact of Takumi Minamino and Erling Haaland, after the two players found new clubs during the January transfer window. Takumi Minamino made his move to Liverpool from RB Salzburg, while Erling Haaland, who was also a Red Bull Salzburg player, made signed for Borussia Dortmund. Minamino has already made four appearances for the Reds, while Haaland has made seven appearances for the Bundesliga side with having scored 11 goals and provided two assists. “The difference couldn’t be bigger,” Klopp said. “Erling Haaland made a perfect choice with Dortmund, and Taki made a perfect choice too. “Dortmund needed a striker. Everybody blames Man United for not getting him, but we wouldn’t have got him - not that we tried. It’s as easy as that. He wanted a top team, as soon as possible, with an open space - Borussia Dortmund.  “That’s timing. I hope you know how much I love and respect the people at Dortmund, but it’s not that they made a perfect approach and did this and that, it was more they were there, had the space, number nine… ‘Here we go, you are 19 years old, want to play Champions League, top end of Bundesliga, so go for it’. “Nobody else had a chance, I’m pretty sure, no matter what they say.” “Taki finds here a completely different situation. That’s normal,” Liverpool boss continued. “We have no problems, particularly in an offensive position, but we need variation at moments. “Taki tries everything. Against the ball he is top class, but if you ask him, although he doesn’t say it, he wants to do what we want him to do. But we want him to do what he does naturally. “That’s the time we need, and you lose a little bit of quality in that period until you fight back.” “He knows how I see it, how I think about it, about the people who have had the same problems before,” he added. “He is fine, is training really hard, but it’s a situation you can’t compare to Haaland.” source - The Independent

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