Despite playing good football in the last few seasons, Liverpool have failed to win any silverware. Jurgen Klopp desperately wants to end the drought and they are ready to accept any trophy for that.
Jurgen Klopp’s men ended up as runners up in the Champions League.
Liverpool, five-time European champions and 18-time English title winners, have won just one trophy. That is the 2012 League Cup — since Rafael Benitez guided the club to the FA Cup in 2006.
During this decade, Liverpool have finished as runners-up in every major competition. But having broken the world record this year to make Virgil van Dijk the most expensive-ever defender (£75 million). They have also set a new high for a goalkeeper with the £66.9m signing of Alisson.
The pressure is on Klopp now to deliver major honours to Anfield. And the manager will take every competition seriously next season.
“It was always like this before the season. It’s always like this — 100 percent. ny trophy is good. Whatever you can get after a final, take it. After the season, take it. That’s 100 percent like this.”
Despite the huge investment in Liverpool’s playing squad, the manager claims that there is no extra pressure or expectancy to deliver this year.
“I don’t think it’s a big difference. Only that now people maybe from [last season], they believe a little bit more. But it doesn’t change the situation. Yes our job is to improve the team every year, to improve the football every year and if you do that then the chances become bigger.”
Klopp is also ambitious this time and wants to go at everything.
“The circumstances are good and we have a good team and the people are happy about the team and the players we brought in obviously have quality as well. That’s all good, but that alone is nothing. We have to make… we have to use the potential and make quality of it. That’s how it is and that works in different ways. But nothing is decided now. Everything is possible and so let’s try and go for everything.”