What the hell are you talking about? It wasn't just Liverpool's pressing that was the problem, it was the fact that neither Suarez nor Messi gave on the DH. And the assistant talks directly about how they took advantage of that. Clear your ears and listen again. He's saying - when you don't put pressure on a VVD player like that - implying that he's excellent at passing - you're going to have problems.
So stop spouting nonsense here about how Klopp doesn't think Leo should be defensive. Yes, he said it in public, but in fact he used those shortcomings of Messi (and Suarez) against us. Klopp's assistant, who was directly involved in strategizing against us in the match, is clear and articulate about this.
The €555m contract was there, pretty much everyone inside the club knew about it already, for even Football Leaks knew about it as early as January 2018.
Yes, yes there was no cascading effect. And Leo did not write to Bartom - President, lower the salaries of others, but don't touch Luis [Suarez] and me. (c)
Leo's contracts have nothing to do with it. Of course, of course I believe it. Bartomeu's a fool to just hand out huge sums of money to everyone. And of course Bartomeu just gave better contracts to players (including age players) for nothing. Of course, of course. I believe that.
