He is a great trainer. Straight after that I wanted to sign for Liverpool, ‘ Wijnaldum added.
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“I met him and it was good”.
Speaking to LFCTV, Wijnaldum said: “I had my debut at Feyenoord, that was already five years ago, and I and I had number five, so I started with number five”. They are a big club, with a big history.
“When I talked to him I could tell that he knows we have to work together to get this level out of him to all be successful for the team”.
“I was waiting to see what interest Everton showed in me but Liverpool’s interest was greater”.
‘Jurgen gave me a good feeling in that conversation.
He claims Everton were also showing an interest in him, but regardless of Klopp’s influence, who in their right mind would choose Everton over Liverpool?
Wijnaldum also said that Rafa Benitez wanted to retain him at Newcastle, but the former Liverpool boss would not stand in the midfielder’s way if he wanted to leave for Anfield.
Simon Mignolet is welcoming the challenge to be Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper, with new signing, Loris Karius providing a challenge for the Belgian.
“He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad”.
“On the prospect of working with Klopp, Wijnaldum told liverpoolfc.com: “(He seems) a great man – from the outside – because I don’t know how he works yet and I have to work with him.
Liverpool paid an estimated £25million for Wijnaldum last week, the Netherlands worldwide penning a five-year deal at Anfield. Now I am here. “We as players must make it hard for him”. We must force (Klopp) to let us play. “And showing the manager you deserve to play”. The 25-year-old midfielder impressed in his debut Premier League campaign despite Newcastle suffering relegation at the end of the season.
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Brad Smith, who is now Alberto Moreno’s understudy, is expected to join Bournemouth after they made a £6million bid for him over the weekend.
