Despite the risk of injury before the season kicks off proper, Klopp welcomed the competitive nature of the game, excusing the players’ mistimed tackles to a lack of fitness.
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The goalkeeper only signed from Jurgen Klopp’s former club Mainz this summer but could have to wait until October to make his Liverpool debut.
Klopp ended the club’s pursuit and completed a £30million deal for Sadio Mane instead.
“I had that player [Mkhitaryan]”.
“You can believe I didn’t want to do things like this, I like to be a nice guy until I can’t be a nice guy any more”. You always want to have the best, but building the group is necessary to be successful.
When asked if Sakho would be fined, Klopp said he preferred alternative methods of punishment as he seeks a considered and calm outcome to the dispute. I’m hoping he starts the season strong, gets his confidence early and I think he will be a big player for us. There was absolutely no reason for me to jump in there. “That is what we work for”, the 49-year-old said.
“I saw a lot of positive things about the defensive situation but we must improve when we have the ball because I love to play the ball, but we are improving”, Conte said.
“If you knew it now, that would be a really cool transfer”. You know everything about each other so how can you develop? Where is the next step? Where is the next push for development?’
As for the tenuous idea that it’s somehow hard for a player to develop further under a former manager – that just doesn’t make sense. He will have a plan and a strategy for how he wants the team to play. His exceptional performances for Die Borussen prompted Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich to convince the player to move to the Allianz Arena.
In recent summers, Liverpool fans have been left disappointed by sales of key players such as Luis Suarez and Raheem Sterling, but that hasn’t been the case this summer, with no sales of key players. It was reported that Liverpool were interested in signing the player, but he decided against the option of reuniting with Klopp.
“But we’ve seen before with Jurgen Klopp at Dortmund how he can take a collection of players and mould them into a team. I focus on pushing myself and doing the best for my body”, he added.
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“I am pleased to train him and when today you can have a substitution of Cuadrado and Pedro to replace Willian and (Victor) Moses, it is good for Chelsea”.
