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​Klopp urges Liverpool youngsters to prove their worth

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has urged the club's youngsters to seize their chance to impress him on their Tenerife training camp.

"I told the boys before the session (on Tuesday) that last year Ovie Ejaria came onto my plate, if you want," Klopp said on the club's official website.

"I saw him here first. I knew him, I saw him playing a few times, but here having him around for four days and seeing him in small spaces in the sessions against the 'adults' if you want was very important for him and for me.

"It's an opportunity. You can see in their eyes they know it; they are really ambitious when they think about the sessions and we will try to do everything we can to give them the opportunity to impress.

"There's no doubt about the attitude, there's no doubt about quality – it's only a question of are they already ready or not?

"If not, then they still have time. If yes, then let's make the next step."

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