Liverpool Fans must trust the club for NOT Signing Teixeira

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool supporters must "trust" the
club's decision not to sign Alex Teixeira in the January
transfer window.

Liverpool were reportedly priced out by Shakhtar Donetsk
after the Ukrainian club demanded substantially more than
what the Premier League side offered for the Brazilian.

The English giants reportedly put in a £38million bid for
Teixeira, but Shakhtar wanted close to £50m for the 26-
year-old.

And Klopp has urged Liverpool fans to stand by the club's
decision not to pursue the forward.

"It’s very, very important that, yes, you can trust us," the
German said.

"It was a common decision [on Teixeira]. We said, 'We can't
play this game until the end'.

"We made offers, I won't say too much about that, but they
were realistic, absolutely, with the premium of it being
January, the Premier League, all the plusses you have when
you make negotiations.

"But it was a case of, 'If you don't want it, OK, we can't
change the situation, both for now and the future'.

"It’s not that we haven't got money or anything, but you
have to work respectfully and responsibly. That's what we
do. "We will do things, for sure. Not in this window, but we
will. It is like it is and it's not you should buy and sell, buy
and sell."

Klopp believes he has enough forward power with Daniel
Sturridge and Divock Origi, as well as attacking midfielder
Philippe Coutinho, who is set to return to first-team training
this week.

"We have enough strikers, if they are all fit. So we have four
strikers - although some are injured - plus Roberto
[Firmino]," he said.

"If we were to find a solution in the offence that helps us not
for three weeks, but three months or more, I would say OK.
"If we had, then we would’ve done it - but only for the right
price, the normal price and not something else.

"The situation that we had wasn’t too easy but gave us the
chance to show more faith and trust in young players than
normal."