Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists missing Champions League qualification shouldn't affect their summer transfer plans.

If Liverpool do not finish in the top four, they will be vulnerable if it comes to pursuing players such as Borussia Dortmund midfielder Bellingham, but Klopp does not believe there will be too much of a financial compromise if they end up outside the main places for the first time since 2016.

"It's not helpful (if we don't get into the Champions League) as money always has an impact," said Klopp.

"But this cannot be that much of an impact, let me say it like this. But of course it is influential but this is a summer where we have to be in the market, definitely.

"I'm sorry we cannot guarantee the Champions League at this moment but it's not done yet, we will fight for it, so we don't have to talk about it as though it is not possible.

"But it is tricky and difficult and if [we qualify], it will be a late decision, I guess.

"We have to start doing work earlier than before we know where we will end up position-wise so these things are clear here.

"Now you know what we will do, not exactly, but what we will do. From now on we can talk about the wonderful football we play, when we play it."

On owners FSG and John W Henry, Klopp says their relationship remains rock solid.

"I am optimistic when he is optimistic because it is his business," said Klopp, whose team face Crystal Palace on Saturday night.

"I am not involved in the search for investors. Not yet! That would be funny! I can be, by the way, I did that at Dortmund once!"