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Liverpool: Ibe reacts to Rodgers’ exit

The 19-year-old winger, who first broke into the Liverpool side under former boss Brendan Rodgers, is expected to feature in England’s U21 European Championship qualifier against Kazakhstan at the Ricoh Arena on Tuesday.

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While the Polish striker won’t be rocking up at Anfield in January, one player who is far more likely to is Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gundogan who became an established German global under Klopp’s tutelage at Signal Iduna Park.

The second design, a cartoon of the loveable German with the word Klopp printed over it, is also for sale.

Jürgen Klopp has unified Liverpool in a way we had been crying out for for years.

Each week I tried to build myself up, look for a few hint that the next game would be the one where we turned things around.

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‘I have spoken to them both because we always spend a lot of time individually with players to find out how they are and how they’re doing at their club.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez could be absent for Jurgen Klopp’s Premier League bow after picking up an injury on global duty.

Indeed, Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish, in his second spell at the helm, is the only manager to win three of his first five games in sole charge of the team. This is a big challenge for me and my coaching team. Obviously Liverpool, with a new manager, will be up for it. But we know what we have to do.

Klopp’s first game in charge will be against Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday’s early kick-off at White Hart Lane. “It is nearly a bit weird – there have been so many good and successful German managers and yet no one has been here”.

On Saturday he watched Liverpool’s Under-18’s taking on their Stoke counterparts, but he has since started working with the senior players. Now the hope is for miracles but progress takes time.

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That is not to say the likes of Matts Hummels and Marco Reus will be wearing the famous all red kit next year, but the Merseyside giants still have an allure, an attraction when attracting top talents.

Ibe will be looking to emulate last season's impressive form now Klopp has taken the reigns