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Can eyes leading role at Anfield after solid campaign

He started the season as first-choice striker at Anfield, but soon found himself behind Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino in the pecking order after Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers as manager. We have a few more strikers in this moment and I think it makes more sense for us to give them match time and playing time and that’s what we did.

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“Until then you have to be ready to do something on the selling side or the buying side”. That’s how transfers are. I will try it and we will see what the season will bring.

I can say I am a leader but you have to show it. Of course we have other leaders like Jordan Henderson or Milner.

While centre-back remains a worry due to injuries to Joel Matip and Mamadou Sakho, neither of the concerns are thought to be too serious and competition for Moreno at left-back is expected to be Klopp’s priority.

Before a daunting trip to Arsenal for their Premier League opener a week from Sunday, the Reds take on Barcelona in Wembley tomorrow and Klopp’s former club Mainz just 24 hours later.

“The experience, the bad times as well as the good, certainly made me a stronger person and made me view myself, and view football, in a different way”, he continued. We will see what happens’.

However, the race for the 25-year-old striker is heating up, and the two new clubs appeared as Benteke’s next possible destination – Everton and Sunderland.

“The last few months, everybody saw a really good performance from Liverpool”, the Barcelona attacker told the official Liverpool website.

Over the years, Brazil have been the most dominant football team in the world as they kept on racking up global and continental trophies to the envy of the world. My door is open.

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“I think back to when I went [to Liverpool] in 2003 – everything was about ending that wait for a title”.

Liverpool striker Christian Benteke