Jurgen Klopp’s focus is on ensuring his talented Liverpool squad deliver on their potential after extensive spending in the transfer market.
Liverpool’s close-season outlay was greater than any of their Premier League rivals, adding Alisson, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri to a team that reached the Champions League final last term.
And setting aside talk of his expectations and the strength of the group, Klopp acknowledged only results will matter when the season starts against West Ham on Sunday.
“My own expectations are always pretty high, to make the best of it, get everything out of it,” Klopp told a pre-match news conference. “These are my expectations all the time.
“It all made sense. We had to create a squad that is strong enough and wide enough to cope with the Premier League, to be as successful as possible. Step by step we come closer.
“People ask me if it’s the best squad I ever had or whatever. I don’t think about that, because it’s not about what we have now.
“We will see. They’re all in a different shape,” he said. “Trent [Alexander-Arnold] has been a bit longer, Hendo’s [Jordan Henderson] in and full of power but only three or four days, Dejan will not be available.
“[Fabinho’s] scan was clear, he felt ill when he came back, so we sent him home again. We will see.
“That’s how it is. We have little things we have to think about, if it’s a risk or not, if we take the risk or not. At the end, I believe we will have a fantastic football team on the pitch. I have to make a few decisions.”