LIVERPOOL MANAGER Jurgen Klopp says he wants the club to be able to attract and keep hold of quality players in the coming years ahead of the Reds’ reunion with Raheem Sterling.
Sterling pushed through a controversial £49million move to Manchester City during the off-season, infuriating Liverpool fans in the process.
The 20-year-old England international faces Liverpool for the first time at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday and Klopp understands the frustration among fans.
“I don’t know anything about Sterling’s story but I know about similar stories,” he explained. ”We have to try to become a club that nobody wants to leave. That is ultimately what we have to do.
“And it’s possible. It is a long, long journey. But we have started it and it is possible.”
Bayern Munich regularly pinched Klopp’s stars during his time in charge of Borussia Dortmund, with the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze making the move to Bavaria.
However, Klopp believes spending big does not guarantee success.
“Financially, no-one could compete with Bayern Munich, but on the pitch of course we could compete,” he said.
“That’s what I love most about football. It’s not important what you spend, it’s not important who you are, it’s only important what you want to do.
“So yes of course we can play against City; of course we can beat them. We beat them with Dortmund and drew in Manchester. They had more money but that’s not what’s important.
“Money is only one part of success. The rest is work.”
All the best to the Cox family I hope ye have all the help ye deserve. Best wishes :)
@David O Brien: He won’t. Nobody with a brain injury in this country gets anywhere near the level of care that they should do. It’s a disgrace what they had to go through, but at least their profile helped get him some decent rehab. Others aren’t so lucky and just get banished to a nursing home & left to rot. Hopefully his case will help change that
@David O Brien: I second that.
Good luck Sean..
Best wishes to Sean and his family. It will certainly be an inspirational read. Well done Martina
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It has to be said, Liverpool FC have been remarkable to Sean & his family, Sean was name checked in the celebrations on winning the league. Well done JURGEN & LFC
Apologies something went wrong with my twitter account when replying to another story from Journal.ie sorry for any offence caused
@Maurice Frazer: no offence taken Maurice these things happen
God if the HSE got 2
@Maurice Frazer: what you on about?
@Looney Tunes: yea wtf is he on about ?
@Ronan Dunne: sorry all, something went wrong while replying to a post from Journal.ie ??
@Maurice Frazer: ah fair play Maurice, the journal messed up again,it’s the people that gave a thumbs up to a comment that doesn’t make sense,that has me puzzled
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