Jurgen Klopp insisted he is not angry with the owners of Liverpool after they bowed out of the race to sign Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund.

Bellingham had long been linked to Liverpool, but the reality is they will be unable to afford him and he will likely end up with either Real Madrid or Manchester City.

Chelsea’s Mason Mount, Brighton’s Moisés Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister, Matheus Nunes of Wolves and Ryan Gravenberch of Bayern Munich are of interest to Klopp.

“I am not angry [with the owners],” Klopp said. “I don’t agree with everything we do but I am employed here and I am not here to be angry about things that will work out or not work out. If I am angry, we won’t all of a sudden have more money and resources to do everything. The way we did things in the past is the way we will do it in the future – that’s the way.

“I cannot change that; nobody could change that. We were pretty successful with that. That we didn’t win the four trophies last year, had nothing to do with the transfer market, that we didn’t sign enough players. Maybe some people would think if we signed certain players, we’d have a point more.”