According to L'Equipe we've matched Lille's valuation for Nicolas Pepe. (report on live4liverpool.com, make of it what you will) During all the doom and gloom, a couple of thoughts. Rafa had to settle time and again for a body rather then the body he wanted (Degen, that Ukranian t*** I can't even be bothered to remember the name of), where as Klopp has always maintained no player is better than the wrong player — as he showed waiting for VvD to get sorted. There's been an African Nations Cup and that South American jamboree this summer, so any players he actually wants may well be busy (Pepe was with the Ivory Coast I think) or just not available right now. In which case he'll wait. We've clearly started listening to him, and trust him to find the right player (Allison, VvD) so we'll splash the cash if needed. Klopp is also really good (and I don't think the press have picked up on this) and saying what he wants rather than what is actually going on. He's never going to admit which player he's after, or even if we are after a player, because he knows that could well jack the price up. If he wasn't happy with the squad, only people behind the scenes would know (he's not one for Rafa's political games) and I'm pretty sure it would be sorted as he's proven he knows what he is doing. He's not chasing success today, much as he wants that too, he's chasing success for the years ahead. He wants to win everything every year and he's happy building towards that. Right, I'd better get back to writing this damn quiz...