Klopp leaves Liverpool fans in hysterics with brutal taunt at Chelsea over Caicedo and Lavia transfers

JURGEN KLOPP left Liverpool fans in hysterics after taking a brutal swipe at Chelsea over their deals to sign £173million pair Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.

Both midfielders snubbed Klopp and Anfield in the summer in favour of Mauricio Pochettino and Stamford Bridge.

Jurgen Klopp took a brutal swipe at Chelsea over their deals for Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia

Caicedo joined Chelsea in a British transfer record deal but has been unable to steer the club up the table

Romeo Lavia has struggled with injuries and is yet to feature for the Blues

However, Caicedo has struggled for form since his British transfer record £115m move from Brighton while injury-hit £58m Lavia is yet to play since signing from Southampton.

Liverpool instead signed Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo for £148m.

This new-look midfield has been instrumental in transforming Liverpool into the side who sit top of the Premier League table.

Chelsea, however, are in 12th having won only five games this season.

And during a club test event for Anfield’s new stand, Klopp made a cheeky dig towards the deals.

He said: “Between us, my god were we lucky! We didn’t know that in the moment

“We realised other central defensive midfielders didn’t want to join… then you see what happens.”

Fans were loving the roast online, with one saying: “The dig at Caicedo was brilliant haha.”

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A second said: “How stupid must Caicedo feel now on his eight-year contract, delighted for him.”

A third added: “Jurgen .”

Liverpool host Manchester United on Sunday with 57,000 fans expected to be packed into Anfield for the showdown.

And, if a safety certificate is granted, the Premier League leaders will have 7,000 supporters in the upper tier of their Anfield Road stand on Sunday.

The lower tier still needs some minor work on it before the overall capacity can be raised to 61,000.

The £80m scheme was due to be completed by the start of the season but it was delayed when the contractors went into administration.

Liverpool may feel they have had better value for money from the midfielders they did sign