You'll have plenty to celebrate when you subscribe to the Liverpool FC newsletter Sign me up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s pulling power will be considerably greater this summer as he prepares to embark on the biggest spending spree in the club’s history.

The German coach revealed that the Reds have had “very positive” talks as they look to land his top targets armed with a hefty transfer kitty from owners Fenway Sports Group.

The ECHO understands that Bayer Leverkusen’s Julian Brandt, Red Bull Leipzig’s Naby Keita and Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk are among those on the manager’s wish list.

Klopp says the progress Liverpool have made over the course of this season makes Anfield a more attractive proposition for prospective signings than a year ago.

Asked if was easier to sell the club this time around, Klopp said: “Yes, I think it is.

“I think that Liverpool at this moment is a really interesting project for players. So yes.

“We cannot say 100% we will play Champions League football next year. But it’s a young team, it’s a fantastic club, it’s a good situation where we really can see the progress of the team. So I would say together with Tottenham, the average age of the team is such that there’s still a lot to come.

“They are obviously a few steps ahead, but they have played longer together maybe. We feel in a good way, and if a player wants to be part of this way, then it’s easier to make this decision this year than last year.

“But actually not a lot of players told me last year: ‘I don’t want to be part of this, but let me see what happens next year and then we can talk again.’

“It’s more my feeling than anything I could say about what a player thinks. But the talks we’ve had so far are very positive. That doesn’t mean it will all work out, but they are really positive, and they all see the progress. That’s good.”

Liverpool can take a big step closer to securing Champions League qualification by beating Crystal Palace at Anfield on Sunday.

Klopp’s squad has been depleted by injuries but the manager has been delighted by the attitude shown in the back-to-back away wins over Stoke and West Brom. He wants to see another “adult” performance against the Eagles.

“I told the boys it looked like adult football at West Brom,” he said.

“They were doing the right thing at the right moment, without waiting for a very special moment.

“It’s always easy to be confident, with the qualities the boys have, that’s always easy when you have a perfect start – the first five minutes, really good, next five, even better, and so on. You can build on this all the time.

“But you need to accept holes in a game or moments where it doesn’t work, and that’s really important. In that situation, staying in a game, doing the right thing, playing the right pass, that’s what I thought was really good.

“Apart from the (Matt) Phillips chance, when I think Joel (Matip) slipped a little bit, and then Simon (Mignolet) had to make the save, apart from this, I can’t remember any chances for them apart from set-pieces.”

Klopp believes the manner in which Liverpool ground out those narrow victories against Stoke and West Brom shows that his young side is maturing. Similar qualities will be required when it comes to game management against Sam Allardyce’s men.

“Sometimes you have to make real mistakes to learn from that. That’s how it is,” Klopp added.

“I wouldn’t say that Bournemouth (the 2-2 draw) was a real mistake but it felt like that for us after the game. It was so useless for us.

Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now

“There was absolutely no sense in the fact that it (conceding a late equaliser) happened in this game, in this situation, even when it was after a set-piece.

“We let them come back into the game. We didn’t play as safe as possible with all the passing and all this stuff. If they defend deep, we could pass the ball from one point to another, but if they don’t want to attack, that’s not our fault.

“But it gave them an opportunity to get back into the game, and that makes no sense. We can talk about this specific thing, but it’s more a general thing.

“I think everybody realises that we don’t necessarily start managing a game from the first minute. That’s not how it is. You need to come into a game and when you are in a game, you need to keep it going.

“At the end, to manage a result in the last five or 10 minutes is an important part of football.”