Jurgen Klopp admitted on Friday his struggling Liverpool squad need a rebuild, saying he signed a new contract last season to oversee the repair job at Anfield.

Liverpool’s current campaign is in danger of unravelling after this week’s chastening 5-2 Champions League defeat by Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Last season, Liverpool came agonisingly close to winning an unprecedented quadruple but are now already out of both domestic club competitions and lag 19 points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.

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