"Manchester United" strategist Jose Mourinho criticized "Liverpool" manager Jurgen Klopp for acquiring Virgil van Dijk for a record sum. The most expensive defender of all time will join Liverpool for £75 million next week, but his new coach recently spoke unfavorably about "Red Devils"' decision to pay almost £90 million for Paul Pogba. "If you buy one player for £100 million and he gets injured, then everything goes down the drain", Klopp said at the time. "The day football turns into that, I will not be in my job anymore, because the most important thing in the game is playing together." "Other clubs can spend even more money and gather high-level players. I want to do things differently. I would do it differently even if I could spend that kind of money." However, the situation has now turned against the "Liverpool" manager himself, as van Dijk's price is the same as what "Man United" paid for their main striker Romelu Lukaku. Mourinho was asked about this. "I think the person who should talk about it is Jurgen", the Portuguese said. "If I were one of you (journalists - ed.), I would ask about his comments for about a year." "I'm not talking specifically about that situation, because in Liverpool they can do what they want, and I'm not someone who can comment on their work." "The reality is that if they believe the player is right for them and they really want him, they have to pay the appropriate amount or they won't get the player. That's how the market is right now." Mourinho also added that transfer fees should not be the indicator by which footballers' abilities are compared.
