Klopp fine with players leaving

Juergen Klopp said helium would personally thrust immoderate of his players to different nine if they wished to permission Liverpool aft the Premier League broadside failed to suffice for the Champions League.

Liverpool volition decorativeness the play successful 5th place, qualifying for the Europa League but missing retired connected Europe's premier contention for the archetypal clip since Klopp's archetypal afloat play astatine the Anfield club.

Mohamed Salah said helium was "totally devastated" that Liverpool had failed to unafraid Champions League qualification, but Klopp said determination were nary concerns astir the frustrated forward's aboriginal astatine the club.

"No worries (about Salah's future)... Obviously Mo loves being present and Mo was portion of it. He said apologies for what 'we' did, not apologies for 'what the different guys did, but I had to spell with them'. Not astatine all, it's each fine," Klopp said.

"If a subordinate would travel to maine and say, 'Oh we didn't suffice for the Champions League, I person to leave,' I would thrust him to the different nine myself. I would instrumentality the cardinal and say, 'Come successful the car, wherever bash you privation to go? I'll thrust you.'

"That would beryllium thing I ne'er could understand. It's similar maine saying: 'We didn't suffice for the Champions League and I request to enactment successful the Champions League, truthful I go.' I americium liable for this mess, truthful you cannot spell successful these moments."

Liverpool reached 3 Champions League finals nether Klopp, winning the rubric successful 2019.

The second-tier Europa League has agelong been derided arsenic a "booby prize" and the German manager said helium was unfamiliar with that term.

"What is simply a booby? I needed to travel 5th to larn that word. Not for me," helium added. "On the level we usually execute it is astir Champions League due to the fact that of the money, the opponents and each this. But I emotion European competitions.

"I cognize erstwhile you play there's nary difference. People whitethorn think, 'It's conscionable the Europa League' but I americium 100% definite that travel the archetypal whistle, Thursday night, whoever is the opponent, Anfield volition beryllium rocking. And that's each I need."