“We have to build a special bond. It is using experience, using the base and not killing the base and starting completely new,” he said.

“We can say yes we were only eighth in the league and that is not too good, but we could have got European football, that’s clear. You take from it and you make decisions and then go for it. That is what we are doing in the moment. I cannot make the transfers everyone wants.

“We can talk about the one or two disadvantages that we have. We are not in the Champions League, we are not in the Europa League. That possibly means a player wants to play in the Champions League or European football or whatever so cannot join Liverpool. If you want it is only a fact for us. For us it is not a moment to change a whole team, there is no reason for it. Absolutely not. There were games - especially in the Europa league - where you can say this team plus some new transfers could be really strong. They could be a real challenger.”