He's clearly not taking any more bullshit from Studge or Benteke, thank god:
Liverpool's big-money strikers have been put firmly in their place by boss Jurgen Klopp.
Christian Benteke came off the bench to score the only goal against Leicester on Saturday but was then told he needs to do more for the team.
Klopp also trained his guns on injury-jinxed Daniel Sturridge, telling him: You’ll stay on the sidelines until I decide otherwise.
The German wants £32.5million man Benteke to contribute far more to his team’s high-intensity ‘gegen-press’ tactics before he is guaranteed a starting position.
“We need the striker for the other options too, to work for the other minutes.”
Sturridge, rated in the £20m bracket, broke down on his return from injury earlier this month but, in a Christmas message to his fans, insisted he is now ready to play again.
However Klopp was having none of it and said: “I think this is absolutely the same thing that Daniel said four weeks ago, and we let him play and he was injured again.
“He says this, you ask him and he says he’s good. I know he is good, but he has to train. We can not change the situation, he has to train now.
“With him, these are most intensive weeks in training for Daniel Sturridge in the last three years. So now you can see what we have to do. We can not say, come on Daniel now you look good so you can play.
“I don’t want to see him in training. Because everybody sees him training and they think ‘oh, come on, bring him into the team, we need his quality’. But no. We really, really have to be patient now, we have to wait, we have to train, we have to give the body the right information, and if he can do this, then maybe we can change something.”
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Liverpool had 24 shots on goal against the league leaders, but only four on target, which suggests they are crying out for their two most natural goalscorers to start regularly.
Klopp said: “Christian came in, got a goal, it’s good for him, good for us, a better situation than before.
“He can do this I know, what I said, we had a really good talk in the week, he knows what he has to do, he came in had a really good game, decided the game. And well done!”
Benteke himself admits that he has struggled to adapt to the new manager’s demands, and he assured Klopp that he will not be storming into the office to demand to be playing.
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I'm the boss! Jurgen Klopp insists he will decide when his strikers should start
Instead, he is prepared to listen and learn. “I spoke with the manager a few days ago about where I can improve and what he is expecting from me. We had a good conversation - I wont complain. It is part of football,” he said.
“We had like a ‘man conversation’ and I think it is going to help me and help the team. I am not saying every player can play like Barcelona but I have been in England a long time so I can adapt. I think I have to run more and I have to be there for my team-mates.
“I am still a young player and I want to learn. Like any striker you need a few games, I wanted to start, of course, every player wants to play but it is the decision of the manager and I have to be ready.
“He is the right manager for me to help me in my development. When you are a little bit on the side you try and to understand what the manager needs and what he wants and we had a very good chat.”
Liverpool's big-money strikers have been put firmly in their place by boss Jurgen Klopp.
Christian Benteke came off the bench to score the only goal against Leicester on Saturday but was then told he needs to do more for the team.
Klopp also trained his guns on injury-jinxed Daniel Sturridge, telling him: You’ll stay on the sidelines until I decide otherwise.
The German wants £32.5million man Benteke to contribute far more to his team’s high-intensity ‘gegen-press’ tactics before he is guaranteed a starting position.
“We need the striker for the other options too, to work for the other minutes.”
Sturridge, rated in the £20m bracket, broke down on his return from injury earlier this month but, in a Christmas message to his fans, insisted he is now ready to play again.
However Klopp was having none of it and said: “I think this is absolutely the same thing that Daniel said four weeks ago, and we let him play and he was injured again.
“He says this, you ask him and he says he’s good. I know he is good, but he has to train. We can not change the situation, he has to train now.
“With him, these are most intensive weeks in training for Daniel Sturridge in the last three years. So now you can see what we have to do. We can not say, come on Daniel now you look good so you can play.
“I don’t want to see him in training. Because everybody sees him training and they think ‘oh, come on, bring him into the team, we need his quality’. But no. We really, really have to be patient now, we have to wait, we have to train, we have to give the body the right information, and if he can do this, then maybe we can change something.”
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Liverpool had 24 shots on goal against the league leaders, but only four on target, which suggests they are crying out for their two most natural goalscorers to start regularly.
Klopp said: “Christian came in, got a goal, it’s good for him, good for us, a better situation than before.
“He can do this I know, what I said, we had a really good talk in the week, he knows what he has to do, he came in had a really good game, decided the game. And well done!”
Benteke himself admits that he has struggled to adapt to the new manager’s demands, and he assured Klopp that he will not be storming into the office to demand to be playing.
Action Images via Reuters / Craig Brough
I'm the boss! Jurgen Klopp insists he will decide when his strikers should start
Instead, he is prepared to listen and learn. “I spoke with the manager a few days ago about where I can improve and what he is expecting from me. We had a good conversation - I wont complain. It is part of football,” he said.
“We had like a ‘man conversation’ and I think it is going to help me and help the team. I am not saying every player can play like Barcelona but I have been in England a long time so I can adapt. I think I have to run more and I have to be there for my team-mates.
“I am still a young player and I want to learn. Like any striker you need a few games, I wanted to start, of course, every player wants to play but it is the decision of the manager and I have to be ready.
“He is the right manager for me to help me in my development. When you are a little bit on the side you try and to understand what the manager needs and what he wants and we had a very good chat.”
