Liverpool star Georginio Wijnaldum: ‘I’ve seen a lot of coaches, but none like Jurgen Klopp’
Georginio Wijnaldum has already realised the uniqueness of Jurgen Klopp – despite only working with him at Liverpool for a month.
The Dutch midfielder secured a £25million switch to Anfield in July from relegated Newcastle United.
And although he has only worked with his new boss for a matter of weeks, the Klopp effect is already making an impact with the 25-year-old.
Wijnaldum said: "You experience it in a meeting, how he talks, the way he coaches from the sidelines - with a lot of passion.
"You can see that he believes in the team and he wants to get the team to a higher level. I think he's the right man to achieve things with the club and the team that we have right now.
"How he talks with players gives you belief and confidence, and that's what we need. He forces us to use our quality and that's good.”
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He added: "He gives us the confidence not to be scared to make mistakes and when he talks about the team or the players, he says that we have to use our quality because he knows we can. That gives you a good feeling.
"If you see how he coaches, how he looks at the game, it's different to all the other coaches I had. I've seen a lot, but none like him."
After unsuccessfully fighting against the drop with the Magpies last season, Wijnaldum is looking towards the other end of the table this year.
And he is determined to help the Reds end their championship drought.
Wijnaldum, speaking to #LFCWORLD, added:"I want to win titles. Liverpool is a club with a beautiful history, but we have to make new history and we can do it with titles and winning games.
"That's what I want to do here. We have a good team, really talented, and if we work as a team I think we can achieve a lot of things.
"A club like Liverpool deserves it. The players before us already wrote history and now it's on us to write more."