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John Barnes says he does not worry about who Liverpool sign - because he trusts Jurgen Klopp’s judgement in the transfer market.

The legendary Reds winger believes Klopp will be able to turn his men into an effective unit and is more concerned about the collective the manager creates rather than the individual signings of this summer.

Barnes believes a tough challenge awaits Klopp and his squad with most of the top sides also improving and says his number one priority is having a Liverpool team that competes at the top of the table.

And he believes Liverpool will have to do it without having made “a world class signing”.

He told the ECHO: “Obviously I know (Sadio) Mane and (Gini) Wijnaldum but it’s not a case for me of being excited by any of the individual signings for Liverpool, it’s a case of being happy with what Jurgen Klopp is doing.

“I trust Jurgen Klopp and we should trust him even if he makes a signing we haven’t even heard of before.

“He will have a plan and a strategy for how he wants the team to play.

“Let’s face it we haven’t made a world class signing, have we?

“Paul Pogba isn’t coming, is he? We’re not in the Champions League and we can’t compete financially with the likes of Manchester City.

“But we’ve seen before with Jurgen Klopp at Dortmund how he can take a collection of players and mould them into a team. Everybody knows what he did there.”

Barnes believes the evidence was all there in Euro 2016 to suggest that individuals are less important than the team ethic.

“If you look at the Euros, look at Iceland, at Wales, at Portugal without Ronaldo. The most successful sides didn’t have the best players.”

In terms of targets for Liverpool this season, the 52-year-old believes the Reds could finish outside the top four and still have a successful year.

“The primary thing for me is that we can challenge. I want us to be up there. If we finish fifth but just sixth points off the top we’ve been challengers. Or you can finish fourth and be 30 points off the top. Which is the more successful season? I want us challenging.

“We’ll improve this year but so will Manchester City, United and Chelsea, Arsenal always seem to be thereabouts too.”

Barnes believes Klopp’s new long-term contract at Anfield is something of an irrelevance because everything will depend on what success he can achieve.

“The thing is, it won’t be a long term contract if he finishes 15th! He understands that, we all understand that. A contract doesn’t really mean anything these days. But it’s good to see that he’s committed to the club.”

John Barnes tries bubble football

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Barnes is supporting the Weetabix #Sportingstarts campaign for summer 2016, where he was challenged to take up “bubble football” and he seemed to enjoy the experience.

“It’s a way of getting people out and about, an initiative to help people get healthier while having a bit of fun as well. It’s not like having to run a marathon or anythging. There were still a few tasty challenges going in!”

#Sportingstarts will see over 15 million special promotional packs of Weetabix, across the whole Weetabix family, and every pack purchased will come with a £5 sports voucher PLUS a free or 2-4-1 sports session.