Jurgen Klopp has insisted that Liverpool will NEVER sell a top player to a Premier League rival.
The Kop boss claims not one of his stars would be tempted by a move to another English club as Alexis Sanchez closes in on his switch from Arsenal to Manchester United.
Klopp said: “No Liverpool player of this squad would leave – and not just because we say it but because of their commitment to the club.
“No-one would leave to any other Premier League club during the season.
“I’m not just confident of that - I know it. It is just impossible. No player who is here will say ‘okay, come on, in the middle of the season I go there or there.’ I really cannot see that situation.
“It’s how I see the commitment of the players. Okay, we have not been together for 10 years or so. But while it is not just starting either, it is still fresh and the development is going the right direction.
“I know it’s far away from being perfect but it’s going in a good way.
“It doesn’t mean that players can’t ever leave the club, but we have to make sure that it doesn’t happen often that a player wants to leave when we want to keep him.
“A few players we will sell in the summer. That is part of the business.
“And I know that Alexis Sanchez maybe moves from one club to the other but he isn’t someone I think about.
“When I am asked about Liverpool, I just can’t see any player at this moment who would leave.
“That is from my point of view and nothing about Alexis Sanchez. It is no criticism on Alexis.
“He is a fantastic player and obviously he has wanted to leave since the summer. Now it is more likely.
“Phil has left us, yes, but to talk about players from this squad who want to leave for another top-six club, I can’t see it happening.
“I don’t have a contract with any of them saying they will never leave. But it is just my feeling.”
Liverpool, unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions, have spent £75million bringing in long-term target Virgil van Dijk from Southampton.
But as Klopp prepares his team for tomorrow night’s trip to Swansea, he is adamant that he will only go back into the transfer market again this month if the right opportunity presents itself.
He said: “I don’t think about money because we are always reasonable and we always try to do the right thing.
“Obviously we don’t hesitate to spend the money – and we have done it a few times already - it is about making the right decision.
“We don’t have Coutinho any more, but there are other players who can stand up
“If anything we thought was right came up in the window then we would say ‘okay, let’s go for it’.
“But it is not about doing something to cool the situation down or show the people we never sleep.
“It is only about right or wrong - and at this moment in this situation it is right.”