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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed the key attributes he looks for when evaluating a playmaker.

The Reds were linked heavily with a new attacking midfielder last summer following the January departure of Philippe Coutinho and had agreed a deal with Lyon for Nabil Fekir before the plug was pulled on the transfer.

Klopp remains keen to strengthen his improving Liverpool squad, although any further signings won't be considered until the summer.=

And the Reds manager has spoken on how the role of the playmaker has changed in recent years and why decision-making is an integral quality of any top player in the position.

"Football changed in the last 20-30 years so you don’t rely on one player on the pitch anymore," said Klopp, talking on a New Balance Football promotional video. "It has changed massively.

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"They are today rather offensive players, changing the game, demanding the game, dominating the game.

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"You need a lot of skills to do that, you need to be technically really close to perfect because to make the right decision at the right moment you should not waste time with controlling the ball to be honest.

"The most difficult thing in football is making perfect decisions under timed pressure.

"It looks so easy and it’s so difficult so you should not think about that, you have to do it instinctively.

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"It’s today the kind of number eight on the pitch, they have the ball most often, they pass most often and so they make most of the decisions or at least they are involved in most of the decisions."