Jordan Henderson believes he has gone to the next level as a player...and that can help deliver the trophies he longs for at Anfield.

The Liverpool skipper signed a new five year contract this week which will keep him at the club until his 33rd birthday – but insisted he feels like a young kid again, after solving niggling injury worries.

If the England midfielder has won regret, then it is that his time on Merseyside over the past seven years hasn't produced the success he and the fans are desperate for. “ I would have liked to have won more, that’s one thing if I look back over,” he admits.

Yet Henderson believes he has been on a journey at Anfield that is far from over – and he senses the next chapter is about to be written with a manager he rates as a “genius”.

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“I’m very proud of how far I’ve come in the seven years I’ve been here. But I know there’s still a lot more to give. I feel as though I’m getting into my prime now,” the 28-year-old explained.

“I feel as though I'm in a good period in my career with the balance of experience and still having the youth.

Physically as well, I feel in good shape, and I also think I can improve and be better in areas.

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“Under Jurgen Klopp there's no better manager to do that really. He helps us a lot on and off the field and I want to continue to do that.”

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Klopp, he feels, is the man who can deliver the trophies Liverpool as a football club historically demands.

And as he enters his prime, Henderson believes his game has developed sufficiently to help in that process.

“As a manager, tactically he is amazing. What he has done at this football club since he came in is phenomenal really, the transformation,” the experienced midfielder explained.

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“That’s no disrespect to Brendan [Rodgers] and anyone before. But I look at the transformation from when he first came in to where it is now and it has certainly gone up in terms of everything. He has brought the whole club together – the fans, the players, the staff.

“He has made younger players and older players even better. He is such a massive influence. For me, I’ve benefited so much from the last seven years here and now I’m ready to go even further, be better and help this club become successful. That’s where all my energy is into: to win trophies.”

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While Henderson is approaching the peak of his career, another Liverpool player to benefit from Klopp's help is just beginning on the same journey.

But even though Rhian Brewster has been tipped to force his way into the Reds first team picture this season, the exciting 18 year old striker will be forced to wait a little longer.

Liverpool doctors have discovered that the ankle surgery which put him in plaster – and has kept him out since January, will require a longer period of rehabilitation than first anticipated, and that could now sideline him until December.

The teenager though, is regarded as a huge talent at Anfield, and Klopp will aim to fast track him into the first team squad next year, when he has recovered fully from the injury.