Jurgen Klopp urges Jamie Carragher to 'lose some weight' after claiming Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk was "too big"
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Jurgen Klopp has suggested Jamie Carragher needs to shift some timber himself after his comments about Virgil van Dijk.
Anfield legend Carragher claimed £75million new boy Virgil van Dijk is currently ‘too big’ after a topsy-turvy start to Anfield life.
The Reds finally signed the Dutch defender from Southampton for a club record fee after being knocked back last summer.
But ahead of his side's encounter with Spurs, Klopp had a response for the Liverpool icon.
"I'm sure that Jamie needs to lose a bit of weight. It's not an issue," he said.
(Image: Getty Images Europe)
(Image: Getty Images Europe)
Klopp added: "When Virgil came here he wasn't match fit. I spoke to him about it (leaving him out the other night), he expected it. We have to use the time."
On the Dutchman's form since arriving, Carragher had said: "I think it will prove to be a great signing, but he hasn't hit the ground running.
"I think he needs to get fit and lose a bit of weight. He actually looks too big. Maybe that's to do with not having a pre-season."
He also suggested it had been an unsuccessful transfer window for Liverpool.
"I think if you lose your best player there's no way you can dress it up as a positive window, certainly in January as well," he added. "I think every Liverpool fan, myself included, when Philippe Coutinho stayed in the summer, felt okay.
"We know he's going next season, let's enjoy these 12 months, probably similar to Ronaldo, Luis Suarez, you always felt that was going to happen.
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"To lose him mid-season, you know I don't agree. Philippe Coutinho is not worth that [£146m], he's not that good. I would have took £20m, £30m less in the summer to know that Liverpool would have had him in the second half of the season, because at that time we're still in the FA Cup, we're still in the Champion League.”