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Jurgen Klopp has vowed to make Liverpool the ultimate destination rather than simply a stepping stone for world class talent.

Saturday’s showpiece friendly with Barcelona in front of a 90,000 sell-out crowd at Wembley will reunite the Reds with Luis Suarez for the first time since his £75million exit two years ago.

The gifted Uruguayan striker, who came desperately close to winning the Premier League title with Liverpool in 2013-14, was lured away by the La Liga giants after netting 82 goals in 133 appearances.

Like Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres before him, Suarez felt he needed to leave Anfield in order to achieve his ambitions.

Asked if it was possible to put a stop to that kind of talent drain, Klopp told the ECHO: “Yes, I think we can do this. It’s one of the targets for the coming years.

“There hasn’t been a successful team in world football who change their squad every year. You need to need your key players. That’s a very important thing.

“You have to create a situation where you are successful. A situation where everyone feels in a good way and we are strong enough and patient enough to keep them together.

“We say that same squad and consistency creates success.

“But on the other hand if you aren’t successful then people will say you need a complete change – that’s how people are. That doesn’t make much sense.”

Liverpool also lost Raheem Sterling last summer after his head was turned by Manchester City.

There was speculation earlier in the current window that Philippe Coutinho – arguably the club’s most valuable asset - could move on but no bids were forthcoming and the Brazilian has since reaffirmed his commitment to the cause.

“I spoke before this transfer window about not needing to change a lot,” Klopp added.

“We actually didn’t change too much but we have seven new players here. So in fact we changed a lot! Both statements are true.

“We’ve kept all of our key players and gave a few of our big talents the opportunity to play somewhere else because of the education they had at Liverpool.

“We want to be a club in the future for sure whose players don’t want to leave. That’s very important.

“But it will only be possible with success and the atmosphere we create in and around the club.”