Klopp wants Liverpool to take 'risk' in search for midfielder

Liverpool's owners to "risk a bit more" as the Reds boss searches for a new midfielder before the transfer window closes on Thursday. Klopp was backed by Liverpool's Fenway Sports Group owners with a potential club record fee to sign Darwin Nunez from Benfica, as well as deals for Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay since the end of last season. Those signings could end up costing Liverpool over £100 million ($116 million), but they have recouped a large chunk of that outlay on player sales.

Aware of the huge spending by several of Liverpool's Premier League title rivals, Klopp is seeking to bolster his injury-hit midfield this week and would like FSG to push the boat out to seal a deal. However, the German admits Liverpool's budget is out of his hands and he does not wish to get into a public argument over the subject. "What I don't like is if I say now 'I'm not sure' then you make a big thing of it," Klopp told reporters on Tuesday when asked if he felt backed in the transfer market.

"What does it mean 'backed'? I realise it was always like this. Is it always easy? No. Do we discuss this kind of things in public? Of course not.

"Let me say it like this, from time to time, I would be ready to risk a bit more but I don't decide that and that's fine. We try everything until the deadline." Klopp revealed there is "light at the end of the tunnel, definitely" surrounding a glut of injuries in the squad ahead of the visit of Newcastle in the Premier League on Wednesday. Curtis Jones and Joel Matip are back in training while Diogo Jota, Thiago Alcantara, Caoimhin Kelleher and Ramsay are all making promising progress in their rehabilitation from injuries.