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Caoimhe O'Neill

Liverpool star Takumi Minamino on what Sadio Mane and Naby Keita have taught him

Takumi Minamino has opened up on his first month as a Liverpool player.

The Japanese international arrived at the start of January from RB Salzburg for a fee of £7.25million.

Minamino had impressed when playing against Liverpool in the Champions League group stage for the Austrian champions.

Since his arrival the 25-year-old has made four appearances, and has hailed the former Salzburg duo Sadio Mane and Naby Keita for helping him to settle in at the club.

"You know that you are part of the team, but because my English is not good enough yet their help has been really important," Minamino told the club's official website.

"They are still helping me on some occasions and during the first days they taught me the team rules, things like what time the meetings started and how the team functions on a daily basis.

"At the moment I speak a lot with the players who can speak German."

The versatile attacker also insisted he is in the best place to keep developing as a player as he looks to break into the starting line-up.

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"By playing in the best environment I learn a lot every day and I can improve myself," he added.

"I am very happy about being here. Even in the training sessions the level of focus and intensity is really high and the players’ motivation is also very high."

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