Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says leaving Melwood for Kirkby is the right move.

The Reds confirmed this week that they plan to transform the Academy into a state-of-the-art training complex for the first-team and youth set-ups.

If planning permission is granted for the £50million project then the Reds will make the move to Kirkby in the summer of 2019.

“I really love Melwood but football changes," Klopp said.

“We cannot avoid this. We can't stay like we always were and hope we can cope with the other clubs.

“Sometimes you have to set standards. It's really good that our owners give us the opportunity to make this big step in the future.

“Twenty five years ago Melwood set the level. In those 25 years a lot of things happened.

“It's fantastic but we have no space for anything. If we want to have one more office, we don't know where to go. That's the situation."