But one of those was Philippe Coutinho, who a week ago pulled out of Brazil’s squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Venezuela with a minor groin injury.
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However, it appears the playmaker has made a swift recovery after he joined Daniel Sturridge, Alberto Moreno, Lucas Leiva, James Milner, Mamadou Sakho, Kolo Toure and Joao Carlos Teixeira in training today.
Riise, who won the Champions League with Liverpool back in 2005, has revealed that he has been stirred by the fell good factor evident in Klopp’s opening interviews.
Three young goalkeepers were also called up to take part in the training, which was taken by Klopp, as well as Peter Krawietz – one of his assistants at Dortmund – and Pep Lijnders.
The German took over from Brendan Rodgers after the Northern Irishman was sacked on October 4.
And while Barnes is sure Klopp is the right man for the job, he has called for supporters to remain realistic about their expectations as they still lack the quality of the Premier League’s top clubs.
With the hysteria and unfettered optimism greeting Jürgen Klopp’s arrival as Liverpool manager, a few onlookers presume that fans are convinced that Merseyside’s finest will sweep all before them during the remainder of this campaign.
Liverpool youngster Corey Whelan insists that it was exciting for him and his team-mates to play in front of new manager Jurgen Klopp. The door is pretty wide open and I don’t care so much about experience.
Ejaria is yet to make the step up to the Under-21s, but after scoring the victor in the presence of his new boss, he admitted the academy has been buzzing since the appointment of the charismatic German.
It is true Klopp was a big admirer of the player during their time in Germany and even admitted to trying to sign him during his time at the Westfaldstadion.
“I am convinced he will write a similar success story like he did here with us”, Watzke told German daily Bild on Sunday.
“If his actions and the performances replicate the way he spoke in the press conference then things are looking very good“.
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It would be an incredible turn of events, but we’re 150/1 Klopp gets sent to the stands in his first game in charge away at Tottenham this weekend.
