Jurgen Klopp has hailed Liverpool's sales of Jordon Ibe and Brad Smith to Bournemouth this summer as "perfect". The former Reds duo were sold for a combined total of £21million despite both being on the fringe of the first team at Anfield. However, both deals included buy-back clauses, meaning the Liverpool manager will keep a keen eye on their south-coast progress. “Things like this are usually really expensive but these aren’t," Klopp told the Liverpool Echo on Ibe and Smith's Bournemouth transfers. "They were deals that absolutely made sense for both sides. “We will watch them, they will have pressure there, they will fight for the league or...
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