Liverpool have announced the signing of 25 year old centre-back Ben Davies from Championship side Preston North End for a fee in the region of £2m.
Klopp has been speaking about his new signing and it has been quoted by the BBC.
He opened up about Davies saying how if it wasn’t for COVID than Liverpool usually would not be looking at Championship side Preston for a starting centre-back.
“What I like about Ben is it just shows that each situation creates opportunities. I think it’s probably clear that in a normal transfer window, without any issues, we would not look at Preston if there’s a player for us or something like that.
Some very harsh words at the start which made fans think he didn’t believe in their new signing but Klopp went onto say that Davies shocked them with how good he is and how he made Klopp think ‘wow’.
“But since we saw him and since our situation got clearer and clearer – the problems we had – when we saw him we got really excited about it and thought, ‘Wow.’
Liverpool value versatility over a lot of things and Ben has proved that as he has filled in at both left back and centre-back to make sure he fills any problem that his team has. A player like this is a must for Liverpool with their common injury woes.
“He’s a boy who played his whole life for Preston, is around the corner pretty much. We see the potential really. We see the quality and we see the potential as well because he’s 25 and there’s a lot to come for him.
“I love a lot about his play. He’s a really good footballer, looks like a proper leader in this Preston team, good in challenges, looks football smart, can play different positions because he played in a back three and a back four and all these things.”
Liverpool announced the signing after a mishap by the Preston twitter account but Ben is officially one of Klopp’s players now.
✍️ Welcome to the Reds, Ben Davies.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 1, 2021