Mark Lawrenson believes Jurgen Klopp has improved every player he has worked with at Liverpool except Loris Karius.
Klopp guided Liverpool to a maiden Premier League title this week after lifting the Champions League last season and Lawrenson compared the German to Bill Shankly.
“When Jurgen Klopp came to the club, you felt this sea change. Within months you knew this was something completely different," he said.
“I hate that thing when a player comes through and he’s small and he’s Argentinean and you say ‘he’s the next Lionel Messi’. He’s not, he’s just him.
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“Klopp came and everyone went ‘he’s next the Shankly’. You know what, he’s been Shankly-esque in everything that he’s done. He gets the history of the club, he gets the supporters."
Karius endured a horror evening as Liverpool lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid in 2018 and has not played for the club competitively since. He gifted goals to Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale and was subsequently sent on loan to Besiktas.
Due to report to Merseyside for pre-season training this summer, Liverpool legend Lawrenson insists he is the only player not to have felt the benefit of working under Klopp.
"Of all the players that he’s bought, I can’t remember him buying one that’s not made it," he said.
“And all the players that he’s got, he’s made them better. Karius is the only one, but he’s made all of the rest better.
“Wherever you’re manager, if you make all of the players better – and they are already very, very good – you’re doing a heck of a job.
“And the way that they are playing as well. When he got here I said Liverpool would be everyone’s favourite second club and I got slaughtered, but I think they are because of the way they play.”
