Jurgen Klopp believes comparisons between the current Liverpool squad and the side that won six trophies across 2019-2022 are unfair as he revealed his love of the new-look team.
After winning every top-level honour available between June 2019 and May 2022, a period where Liverpool lifted the Champions League, Premier League, UEFA Super Cup and a first-ever Club World Cup before a domestic cup double in 2022, Klopp's team underwent significant surgery earlier this year after finishing fifth last term.
After waving goodbye to Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino during the summer months, Klopp added four new midfielders to his ranks in Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch, who joined on transfer deadline day from Bayern Munich.
The transfer business has given a freshness to Liverpool this term and the Reds head to Luton Town on Sunday afternoon looking to make it 13 wins from 16 matches across all competitions this time out.
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Klopp says he is delighted with how his new team have adjusted after last season's struggles but he is not yet ready to compare and contrast too much with the squad he had at his disposal for his most successful period at Anfield.
"It’s new, I understand," Klopp said. "It’s just not fair if you [compare]. We had a fantastic team two years ago who could have won the Champions League and we could have won more competitions.
"We could have won the Champions League two more times, [with] the team we had. Not that we should but we
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