Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has outlined what characteristics he looks for in his perfect player.
Having arrived midway through the 2015/16 campaign, the German has transformed the Liverpool squad over the last few years.
So much so, that the German has built a Premier League and Champions-League winning team with a number of fantastic signings.
The captures of Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Fabinho have all been widely praised in the footballing world.
And now speaking on the Robbie Fowler podcast, Klopp explained what he is looking for in his perfect player.
“Open. Open for information. What I like is a very, very confident football player and person who doesn’t take himself too seriously,” he said.
“Very self-confident so you know I’m good, but I understand I need all the others as well otherwise I have no chance in this game. So a little bit like that.
“But if that’s your only strength, you have no chance in my team. First and foremost you should be able to play really good football.
“Another blessing in my life is that I’ve worked together with players that are so much better than I ever, ever, ever was and so that makes it really easy for me to enjoy their skills.
“There’s not a typical Jurgen Klopp player. But you should be open for football information.
“If you arrive here and think you have already got the game to the extent that you know everything about the game, I’ve never met that person, then you could struggle a little bit as we have a lot of information.”
While the Reds boss has also opened up on how allowing new signings to settle in is crucial to their development.
“For me, I feel absolutely no rush in that,” Klopp continued in his chat with the former Liverpool forward.
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“It’s just all these different pieces in a football game have to fit together and just bringing the best player in the world into a very good team doesn’t mean it will work together immediately.
“We all need time to settle, we all need time to tune all these kind of things.
“The little problem we have in football is you usually don’t get that time, but we are cheeky enough to just take it and give ourselves the time and make it happen. So far, it’s worked most of the time.”
