Klopp hits out at the Saudi Arabian transfer window length: ‘Not helpful’

The Independent

Jurgen Klopp has hit out at the Saudi Arabian transfer window length, saying “Uefa or Fifa must find solutions” for it.  The transfer deadline in Europe’s top leagues is 1 September, while Saudi Arabia’s runs until 20 September.  “Pretty much the worst thing I think is that the transfer window in Saudi Arabia is open three weeks longer,” Klopp said.  “If I am right, I heard something like that, then at least in Europe that’s not helpful.  “Uefa or Fifa must find solutions for that. But in the end, at this moment, I don’t know exactly what will happen.”

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00:00 Tomorrow's big, big game against Bayern Munich, we're all looking forward to that.

00:03 I'm delighted to have right at the end our manager of Liverpool here.

00:07 But that's it, and the influence of Saudi Arabia we'll see.

00:10 I don't know, but at the moment it looks quite influenced, it's massive.

00:13 At the moment, I think pretty much the worst thing is that the transfer window

00:18 in Saudi Arabia is three weeks longer open, if I'm right.

00:22 I heard something like that, at least in Europe.

00:27 That's not helpful, so UEFA, FIFA must find solutions for that.

00:33 But in the end, I don't know at this moment what exactly will happen.

00:38 It is already influential for us, for sure,

00:41 but we will have to learn to deal with it, and that's what we do.

00:45 And, yeah, that's pretty much all I can say about it.

00:50 Time will show.

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