Klopp makes midfielder Grujic his 1st Liverpool signing

The Reds boss has five players sidelined with hamstring problems, with Daniel Sturridge, Skrtel and Divock Origi all out, and the German told Sky Sports he could now be forced into the transfer market for a defender.

The duo suffered first-half injuries in the League Cup semi-final first leg match against Stoke City at the Britannia stadium on Tuesday.

“Jurgen Klopp came in after 11 games and the players, certainly the players who were playing, would have had good fitness”, explained Souness.

All the chat was about high press. But I’m just glad we ground it out until the 90th minute. You can do it in bursts. It’s a big demand on your legs.

“Although we have lost games, I don’t think we have looked like a side that has suddenly lost our energy and our goal”.

“I don’t know too much about them (Exeter)”.

Defender Dejan Lovren also limped off in the first half of that encounter with the same issue and will also sit out Wednesday’s game against Arsenal as well the visit of Louis van Gaal’s men to Anfield four days later. Yeah, that’s it – we will look at our training! There is no training. “But it’s no problem really”. Kolo Toure: Real Madrid will want me!

Liverpool are one step away from Wembley in the League Cup, but have been promised a testing start to their FA Cup campaign by underdogs Exeter City.

Meanwhile, former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler has backed Klopp to revive the club after recent disappointments. “But with Dortmund, in the last few years, we were in the final”.

Mamadou Sakho is fast emerging as one of the most entertaining Premier League footballers on social media app Snapchat. And obviously Jurgen is going to put his own stamp on the game.

“It’s a little bit of a unusual feeling – on one side it’s very, very good because we won the game and played well, the players fought brilliantly”.

“I know from my time at Liverpool that we’ve got a world class medical team here”.

Ilori was due to train today and Klopp said: “Of course, we will make changes”.

When Tottenham paid Schalke £1.5 million in order to sign playmaker Lewis Holtby in January, 2013, they did so despite having already agreed a pre-contract with the player to cope with a shortage in midfield.