Jurgen Klopp has already attended a Liverpool U18s match
against Stoke City on Saturday
Jurgen Klopp has taken his first training session as Liverpool
manager after arriving at Melwood on Monday morning.
The 48-year-old joined up with those in the Liverpool squad
not involved in international football over the weekend.
Klopp, who agreed a three-year deal on Thursday, began his
first training session alongside analyst and scout Peter Krawietz and existing
first-team coach Pep Lijnders, although Zeljko Buvac, the German's long-time
assistant, is yet to arrive on Merseyside.
Nine first-team players, including Kolo Toure, Dejan
Lovren, Phillipe Coutinho, Daniel Sturridge, Mamadou Sakho and Lucas Leiva,
took part in a session that lasted between 60 and 75 minutes.
Coutinho pulled out of Brazil's squad for World Cup
qualifiers against Chile and Venezuela with a minor groin injury, but
early indications are the 23-year-old will be available for Klopp's first match
in charge at Tottenham on Saturday.
James Milner was also present at Melwood after being rested
by Roy Hodgson for England's final European Qualifier against Lithuania.
Klopp gathered his players prior to commencing the session
and gave a five-minute introductory talk.
The former Borussia Dortmund manager is still to meet the
majority of his first-team squad as nine senior players are currently out on
international duty, while Joe Gomez and Jordon Ibe are away training with the
England U21s ahead of Tuesday's match against Kazakhstan.
Jordan Henderson, Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino are
still nursing injuries and were unable to train.
Meanwhile, Klopp has ruled out making a move for any of his
former players at Dortmund, despite being recently linked with Germany
internationals Marco Reus and Ilkay Gundogan.
Klopp has been linked with a number of his former Borussia
Dortmund players, including Germany international Marco Reus (left)
"I have no intention whatsoever to lure Dortmund's
stars to Liverpool," Klopp told German newspaper Die Bild.
"I am not interested in how much money I will be
allowed to spend in January.
"It is only October and I don't even know how many
games there are left until the winter. But we clearly have plenty of games left
and we will be taking a look at our own players first."
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