Klopp: ´Wonderful atmosphere´ will keep stars at Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp believes the “sensational” rapport between Liverpool’s players will go along way to deterring them from seeking new opportunities elsewhere.

Liverpool opted to remain quiet during the close-season transfer market as they successfully focused on keeping together the core of the side that won the Champions League.

LaLiga giants Real Madrid have been intermittently linked to forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane but the latter, scorer of two goals this term, recently gave an interview in which he spoke of being entirely happy with the Reds.

Klopp said: “First and foremost we have to make sure it stays like this, that we are all like this with each other.

“We have a wonderful atmosphere inside the group, a sensational atmosphere at Melwood, we all know the atmosphere we have at Anfield.

“No matter where we go in the world people are happy to see us, at least our supporters are. That’s absolutely special but we worked hard for that and we have to keep that. How can we keep that? Focus on the next step, trust the next step, improve, try to fight as much as you can, run as far as you can, jump as high as you can, all that stuff.

“That’s what we have to do, then it can stay like this. It’s nice. This club is wonderful, it was always wonderful, just the atmosphere was not always like this because of different things.

“Now we have quite a good basis and we have to use it and improve it, and then the boys have no reason to leave.

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“If they look left and right and see the quality players they have in the dressing room and, on top of that, they like each other, it helps a lot. It’s not the most important thing, but it helps a lot.

“They want to use the opportunity the club gave this team and I’m happy about that, obviously.”

Liverpool won each of their opening four Premier League games before the international break and are now preparing to entertain Newcastle United at Anfield on Saturday.

Avoiding defeat would extend the club’s unbeaten home run to 43 league games.

Klopp asked his players to forget about the streak and instead focus on replicating the levels they reached in last month’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal.

“Each team could have [beaten us] but in most of the games we were better and deserve the win or three points or draw,” the German said.

“So that’s good, but all I’m concerned about really is how can we be again in a similar or a better mood or shape than we were against Arsenal because that was, attitude-wise, a really high level, the highest level to be honest.

“That’s what we have to do again, not worry about what happened in the last two and a half years.”