Liverpool legend John Aldridge still doesn't understand why they apologised for their pursuit of Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk earlier this summer.
He wrote for the Sunday World: "I'm sure Klopp was hoping to see Liverpool getting their business done early in this summer's transfer window, but some initial attempts ran into trouble.
"The Virgil van Dijk saga was an embarrassment for the club and the player, with the suggestion that Liverpool tapped up the Southampton defender a big PR disaster.
"Tapping up goes on all the time in the game and has done forever, so I can't understand why Liverpool felt the need to apologise for their approaches to Van Dijk.
"I've heard that other clubs were also talking to the player and they haven't issued letters to say sorry, but it did seem to throw a spanner in the works in terms of Liverpool's relationship with Southampton."