Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp reunion verdict sent as Steven Gerrard urges U-turn on club hero
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Latest Reds news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageToday's news sees club idol Steven Gerrard name his preferred transfer target for the club this summer, while former boss Jurgen Klopp has addressed fans.Gerrard's favoured transferWhile Gerrard has beaten the drum for the Reds to sign Bayern Munich's Michael Olise this summer, the Champions League-winning legend believes the club should look to re-sign club hero Luis Diaz.READ MORE: Jamie Carragher reveals he became psychiatrist for worried Arsenal fanREAD MORE: 'I'm football's unluckiest fan - Liverpool never win when I watch them play'Diaz left Liverpool last summer, joining Bayern for £65m. Big club, they're challenging for the big honours, probably the strongest Bayern Munich team we've seen for a while."He's about to take the World Cup by storm come the summer, he looks like a really happy kid, settled… I don't think he's going anywhere.
He said: "I think the concern, if you're trying to replace Salah, in terms of like, for like, I think there's very few out there that you can go and grab," he said."Olise would be one, I would say, but I don't think he'd be available, but from experience, being around Liverpool as a player, and also since I've left, Liverpool's recruitment team will have different options, and that doesn't necessarily mean they'll look for a like-for-like."When we had to replace [Sadio] Mane, for example, we went for Diaz, who's slightly different, or when [Luis] Suarez has left, they've had different types of options to try and replace the players."Klopp's verdictKlopp has thanked Liverpool fans for their support during his nine years at Anfield. Speaking to former Liverpool striker Crouch, Klopp said: "I mean we had a good time and nobody, I mean it, nobody has to say thank you to me or whatever and I hear it quite often."Because I have to say thank you for the exact same reasons.
I do it all the time when I see people: 'Oh thank you, for supporting us over the years.' So it is just what we needed was what we experienced and it just was our life. Everything about it, how connected we were."So I understand 100% why people are happy when they see me because I stand for this period.