The Reds splashed out £450 million on new additions during the transfer window – breaking their transfer record to sign Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak – and the former Anfield manager admits that he had no idea the club has such resources.
Klopp told The Diary of a CEO podcast: "I had no clue that this is possible. Nobody ever told me that it's possible that we can spend like that.
"My last year at Liverpool, we obviously (had) the Adidas deal, the new stadium, all these kind of things – they earn more money. But never ever could I have asked for that amount of money, but that's not a problem. In that time it was not there, no problem at all."
Klopp stated during his time with Liverpool that the Reds "cannot compete" financially with clubs such as Manchester City and has no regrets about foregoing his transfer budget to help the club upgrade their infrastructure.
The German coach – who won the Premier League and Champions League during a nine-year tenure at Anfield – said: "I love the fact that we were as successful as we were and built new stands and built a training ground, because we talk now about a transfer window in the way you want to talk about it, spend a lot of money, but there's no discussion about the stands and no discussion about the training ground.
"They are second to none. The training ground and the stands are wonderful.
"In the same place where Anfield is, they could build pretty much a new stadium without leaving the old one, so that's a fantastic story. And that will stay forever."
Wirtz and Isak have faced criticism for failing to live up to their billing at Liverpool so far but Klopp thinks the players will be worth the money for manager Arne Slot.
He said: "Isak is an incredible striker. Florian Wirtz, you will eat your words if you use the wrong words. He is an incredible talent. (Hugo) Ekitike is an incredible player. It's a really, really, really good squad.
"Now you have to deal with the situation. They'll all think they have to start the game but that's a normal job. You'll have this discussion of who will start in a week or two, and then in the third week one is injured and you're happy that the other can start.
"That's the world a football manager is living in. We don't have to worry about Liverpool. They will be fine."
