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JURGEN KLOPP has delivered an uplifting message to Liverpool fans on his first day as new Reds boss: “We have to change from doubters to believers. Now.”

The German gave his first interview on the club’s inhouse TV channel this morning and declared his intention to start writing new chapters in the club’s storied history.

“At this moment all the LFC family is a little bit too nervous, a little bit too pessimistic, a little bit too much in doubt,” he said. “They all celebrate the game and there is a fantastic atmosphere in the stadium, But they don’t believe at the moment. They only see five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago.

“History is great. But only to remember. Now we have the possibility to write a new story if we want. but we have to clear a few things and maybe we can do this and be as successful as we can be.

“I am not saying this year will be the most successful in the history of Liverpool FC. if it happens then we can celebrate it, but if not we have to work.”

Klopp also promised a “wild’ style of play, but insisted he would start his reconstruction of the Reds squad from the back.

“My style of play? The wild one!” he said.

“In football all the world class teams play possession football, that’s cool. I like to watch this. Bayern Munich? Great team, great club. Barcelona? Yes, Real Madrid.

“Maybe on some days Man City. But nobody starts with the possession. So the first thing always you have to have a stable defence. That’s the first thing always because you can only stay confident in a game when you know not every offensive move of the other team is a goal.

“That’s the first thing. When you start at a new club no-one starts from the top of the table. Only a few teams. You always have a little bit lower position and out position is absolutely okay but we can start our development today.

“If it’s possible, can we be the hardest team to beat in the world? If you can try to be this it’s not such a faraway thing to maybe be a team who can win games.

“First of all we have really to talk with all LFC fans and talk about what our expectations are, because expectations can be a real big problem. It’s like a backpack with 20 kilos more. It’s not so cool to run with this, We have to think about this then we can start.”

Klopp also cleared up the thorny issue of the club’s transfer committee and insisted he had no problems working with other men on transfers, provided he had “the first and the last word.”

The new Reds boss added: “It’s a really funny thing because there’s absolutely no problem between FSG and myself. We talked about this. It’s nothing. It’s there.

“If two smart or intelligent guys sit at a table you both want the same. Where is the problem? You all want to be successful. The only thing for me is it’s necessary to have the first and the last word. But I don’t want to spend money the club don’t have. I’m not interested. I don’t want to hold a player who wants to leave. I have to work all day with these guys and no-one will sell a player I want to work with. Everything is okay.

“I am here because I believe in the potential of the team.

“Of course at this moment we are not the best team in the world. What I saw from outside is absolutely okay. We saw some good matches and some not so good. In football you have problems and you have to solve them. The important thing is we have speed, we have technical skills, we have tactical skills, also we have good defenders, and good midfielders and good strikers, some wingers.

“Now we have to see who is fit for our first game at Tottenham than we have to make a team for this game and we can start.

“I am not dreaming. I don’t want to have Cristiano and Lionel, No. no. Now we start work.”