Klopp made ‘beeline’ for £150k-p/w Chelsea man at Stamford Bridge; gave him a huge embrace

Jurgen Klopp will be fully aware that this summer will likely entail several transfers being completed at Anfield and there have been some Chelsea players linked with a move, providing our manager the perfect chance to talk with them – during our 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Instead though, as reported by GOAL, it appeared that the 55-year-old was more eager to speak with another member of the Londoner’s squad after full-time: ‘At the final whistle, Jurgen Klopp made a beeline for Kai Havertz, throwing his arms around the Chelsea forward like a sympathetic parent’.

With Mason Mount being so hotly tipped to be making a Merseyside move this summer, then perhaps many of our supporters would have expected that the German would be grabbing any opportunity available to enhance his reputation with the England international.

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The boss may have still inadvertently done this though, as showing compassion towards Kai Havertz likely because of the volume of missed chances the man on £150,000-per-week (via Capology) had during our match against Bruno Saltor’s side – it shows to everyone just how compassionate of a manager we have.

With Frank Lampard taking the job at his former club until the end of the season and being such a public champion of the man he also had on loan at Derby County, we may see an effort to keep the 24-year-old in a blue shirt.

But with just over one year remaining on his current deal and the ex-Everton boss leaving at the end of this campaign – we should still stand a strong chance of signing the midfielder, if he is indeed a genuine target.

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