Danny Murphy believes Tottenham are much better placed than Liverpool.

The former Spurs and Reds midfielder was comparing the two sides for talkSPORT when he suggested that only three of Jurgen Klopp's players would push for automatic selection in Mauricio Pochettino's starting XI.

Murphy said: "I grew up a Liverpool fan, played for them for seven years and only at Tottenham briefly. But I have to say, Tottenham are in a better position.

"If I was a Tottenham supporter I'd be very, very excited about the coming seasons and this particular season.

"Liverpool, they need a turnaround of players and the reason I say this is somebody asked me how many Liverpool players would get into Tottenham's first XI.

"Here's my quick answer to that – two, three maximum. And I can't think of a year in my lifetime where I think that could have been said. And that's a big turnaround.

"I personally would have [Jordan] Henderson instead of [Eric] Dier, only just. I know Dier's been brilliant.

"The only problem with Henderson is Dier's a sitting midfielder, Henderson likes to get forward. What you could do is put Henderson and Dele Alli ahead of Dembele and play [Mousa] Dembele in the holding role. I couldn't leave Dembele or Alli out.

"[Philippe] Coutinho definitely and finally – it wouldn't bother me not putting him in in terms of [Kyle] Walker's ability – would be [Nathaniel] Clyne. He probably just edges Walker but both are superb right-backs."