Klopp aims dig at Chelsea spending and says Liverpool 'solve problems differently'

Following the arrival of billionaire new owner Todd Boehly, the Blues have followed up their big spending summer with just as blockbuster a January window.

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After spending almost £300million in the summer, their winter outlay may not end up far off, with Mykhaylo Mudryk secured for £88m, while reports claim Chelsea are paying £11m just to have Joao Felix for six months.

That's a contrast to their Premier League opponents at the weekend, Liverpool, who have purchased Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven for £37m.

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When asked about the Mudryk signing, Klopp enthused about the Ukrainian, while mentioning Chelsea's problem solving.

"Good player, a really good player," he said. "Obviously he played an incredible Champions League campaign with his former club.

"Speed, technique, goals, combines a lot, so having him on one wing and, for example, Joao Felix on the other - interesting.

"So Chelsea obviously sorts the problems differently to us, so let's see."

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In a separate question, Klopp was asked about Chelsea's spending, and insisted that he prefers to coach his way out of trouble - although admits that's not always possible.

"I can't see investment stopping in the future, and that means we have to do it as well," he said.

"We don't talk about now, but in general I believe in coaching, I believe in developing, I believe in team building and using and all these kind of things, 100 per cent.

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"Meanwhile all the managers are really good, there's so many unbelievable managers who believe that as well, so if they start spending and do that, then you cannot not spend, or you will have a problem.

"I don't think Chelsea can do that for the next ten years in that manner, or maybe they can, other teams will have ups and downs and you just have to be there.

"We are in a good position. I know it sounds strange as we're not playing good football, but in general we are in good hands, so we don't get crazy.

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"We really know about responsibility we have and we really try everything to bring us back on track and go from there and not worry too much, because the moment you build a team it doesn't mean you have to build it every year from new."

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