Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino aims a sly dig at Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool offered over £100m for Moises Caicedo despite the Reds boss slamming his spending rivals
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino took a swipe at Jurgen Klopp on Thursday after winning the bidding war for Moises Caicedo.
Klopp, who once vowed to leave his job if Liverpool ever offered over £100million for a player, backtracked on his previous remarks last week after the Reds tabled a £111m offer to Brighton for the Ecuador midfielder.
Caicedo instead chose to join Chelsea for a British record £115m and subsequently made his debut under Pochettino in Sunday's 3-1 defeat against West Ham.
Aiming a subtle dig at Klopp, Pochettino said ahead of Chelsea's clash with Luton at Stamford Bridge: ‘The future can change things. Life can change. I saw Klopp say I'm not going to be in this business when we should pay £100m.
'And then they offered £100million and he said "Oh, I made a mistake". That is the same situation.
'In football, the dynamic is fast and changes and we need to move on. Today, nothing has changed. If something changes we will adapt to the situation?'
While taking a swipe at Klopp's previous comments, Pochettino was also highlighting that he should be open-minded about the future when it comes to Chelsea outcast Romelu Lukaku, whose career is in freefall at Stamford Bridge.
The Belgian is training with the Blues' U21 squad having told the club he wants to leave following his loan spell at Inter Milan last season.
Despite not ruling out a potential return for Lukaku, the Argentine urged that it is not his responsibility to find a solution.
Following Caicedo's decision to join Chelsea, Liverpool are still yet to splash out over £100m on a player, but their offer for the Ecuadorian suggests it is only a matter of time before they do.
Liverpool were heavily linked with former Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude
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