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"I’m absolutely the wrong person to answer about this. The top players - how many do you have? Is Pele involved? Franz Beckenbauer involved? Johan Cruyff involved?" he said.
"Where should I start? Where can I end? He’s a top player. And it’s not important what I think. It’s important what the people think and I’ve absolutely no influence on this.
"I saw him once playing live in a stadium, when we lost with Dortmund here 5-0. So was not my best experience in football and that’s all.
“Stop using ME for stories about Steven Gerrard. You don’t need me. If you want to write something about him, write it. He deserved it. But don’t use my name because I have no idea about [him].
"I like him and I will give him all the help I can. if he wants. So that’s 100 per cent sure.
"And all the rest, stop talking here about this because it will not help Steven and it will not help me so why are we talking about it?"
There is silence before Klopp regains his composure, smiles and asks, “Another question about this?" to relieved laughter from the rest of the room.

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