No need for Reds to be busy in winter: Klopp EPL preview Liverpool: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said the Redsu2019 forward planning meant there was no need to be busy in the January transfer window as they close in on a first league title for 30 years.
Kloppu2019s men are 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League with just 14 games remaining.
The European champions secured the signing of Japanese international Takumi Minamino before the window even opened in December, but the former Salzburg midfielder is their only new recruit over the past month.
u201c The better the season is, the better the squad is, the less you have to do, the more you are happy with the players you have,u201d said Klopp on Friday.
u201c Which is always the plan in the summer, that you donu2019t have to be too busy in the winter. u201c Injuries can change these ideas a lot u2014 and we had injuries, but most of the players are back or coming back.u201d Liverpool can extend their advantage at the top to 22 points with victory over an inform Southampton at Anfield on Saturday.
Danny Ings has been the catalyst for the Saints climb up the table in recent weeks with seven wins in their last 11 games. Ings left Liverpool for St Maryu2019s in 2018 after an injury- ravaged spell at Anfield and Klopp is delighted the 27- year- old has refound form and fitness with 14 goals in 24 league appearances this season.
u201c Everybody in this building is so happy about the situation of Danny. Even if he is not anymore, he is still our boy, kind of, and we all follow each step of his career,u201d added the German.
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