Adam Lallana's return meant no 'crazy' Liverpool spending in January, says Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp says paying ‘crazy money’ to replace Philippe Coutinho in January made no sense given Adam Lallana’s imminent return.

Lallana has suffered several injury setbacks, the most recent ruling him out the last two games, but he will train on Friday and hopes to be included in the Liverpool squad to face Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.

It was Klopp’s decision not to reinvest any of the £142 million received for Coutinho – the merits of which can only be credibly judged at the end of this season.

He is sure his squad has enough quality to finish in the top four again, but appreciates Lallana’s return is a factor.

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“People obviously ask 'bring him in' because someone is injured and you need somebody else, but then the other one is coming again and you weaken both. It makes no sense,” said Klopp.

“You miss a player for a week and you think 'okay we need another player'.

“In this situation, you really need to stay cool. It's more difficult when you've lost two games but you need to be serious still.

“Yes, we could do something. But we need the right thing. The 100% right thing. For completely crazy money that really makes no sense. I'm not even sure that would work. And in the summer it looks different.

“That's how it is. To do something just to have any solution? That makes no real sense, to be honest. That's the situation.”

Lallana has started just two games this season, featuring in only seven games so far in this campaign.

“It's really unlucky. It was a really serious injury in the summer. Because of Adam's quality and attitude in training it looks immediately like we can put him in when physical-wise he's not fit,” said Klopp.

“The two things that happened after his big injury were in the 10 or 15 minutes after he came on.

“From nil to 100 in a second, and that's maybe what caused the problem. We really tried to be sensible with it, to do the right thing. But it didn't work twice.

“It's really not a big thing (the latest injury).

“He's maybe available for Tottenham, and if not then he'll have missed three games. That's really okay, but of course it's not cool.

“The body needs to adapt again to the intensity.”