Each season, it is Liverpool’s primary goal before kicking a ball.
The importance of accomplishing it is always recognized by owners Fenway Sports Group, Jurgen Klopp, and his team, regardless of what higher and better goals are sought.
The riches of Champions League football aided Klopp in putting up a winning machine. It has also enabled Liverpool to pay the type of salary necessary to keep elite talent while also investing extensively in the club’s infrastructure.
Prior to Klopp’s first full season in command, Liverpool had only one top-four Premier League finish in seven difficult seasons. Since then, they’ve finished fourth, fourth, second, first, third, and second among Europe’s top.
Along with the grandeur, there has been financial stability. A club with a self-sustaining business plan may rely on that large cash stream. Last season’s march to the final in Paris was worth more than £100 million ($116 million).
However, that prized position is now under significant jeopardy. Liverpool have fallen so far so rapidly that optimistic talk of mounting a championship assault has been replaced with the dismal reality that they face an uphill struggle simply to enter the top four in three months.
“So’s honestly not my major concern right now because I have a lot of other concerns,” Klopp explains. “Of course, I’m not that stupid that I don’t know distances and who’s up there.” “You can’t qualify for the Champions League if you’re as unreliable as we are right now.” That must be corrected.”
Liverpool have only taken 16 points from a possible 36, the same number they had after 12 games during Roy Hodgson’s disastrous tenure in 2010-11. In comparison, Klopp’s team dropped only 22 points last season. They are now in the bottom three rather than the top four.