Jurgen Klopp Slams England FA Over Premier League Transfer Deadline

“I don’t care when it closes, I only think it must close at the same time (as the rest of Europe),” Klopp said.
“When they spoke about ‘Let’s finish it before the season starts then everyone knows their squad’ – that’s a good idea. But then the rest didn’t do it and that makes no sense.“Can somebody explain what is the benefit for the Premier League? We don’t really have a problem but for other teams, their key players are still on the market and everything can happen.“You want a team not only together but together and focused on the future, but that is not possible as long as there is a door open.

“These weeks are not the most intense of the season so you need a squad from matchday five (onwards) – if you don’t have big injury problems – because you play Carabao Cup, Champions League and Premier League obviously,” he added.“That means you need everyone in the squad. At this moment not everyone is used maybe like he wants to be used.  

“Always someone is asking, ‘He’s not playing that much…’ then you think it (a transfer) makes sense but it makes no sense.”

 Lovren was named in the Liverpool Community Shield team  as a substitute team but didn’t feature. That has been his only involvement on matchday squad.