Jürgen Klopp has held his first training session as the Liverpool manager, the German leading a group that featured nine first-team players including Philippe Coutinho, James Milner and Daniel Sturridge at the club’s Melwood base on Monday afternoon.
Before the session, which began at 2.30pm, Klopp gathered the players and spoke with them for around five minutes. The 48-year-old then oversaw a period scheduled to last up to 75 minutes and for which Klopp was assisted by Peter Krawietz and Pep Lijnders, two of his coaches. Zeljko Buvac, Klopp’s No2, is yet to join him at the club.
Dejan Lovren, Kolo Touré, Lucas Leiva, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno and João Teixeira were the other squad members under the new manager’s supervision. Most of the first-team players are not yet back from international duty.
Coutinho’s presence is a boost for Liverpool. He pulled out of Brazil’s squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Venezuela with a minor groin injury but may now be fit for Klopp’s first match, at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in the early kick-off.
