Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed he's held talks with Mohamed Salah about overlooking the Egyptian for the captaincy earlier this month.

The star striker admitted his disappointment when Trent Alexander-Arnold was given the captain's armband for their Champions League dead rubber with FC Midtjylland.

Klopp spoke at length to the Egypt international, to explain his reasoning about the captain's armband.

“Trent got the captaincy because he was longest in the club. I spoke to Mo afterwards about it. Not before, but afterwards, when I realised it didn't work out that well," he said.

“And we clarified that, and he said it in obviously an interview again, and that is not a problem for me."

Klopp continued: “Mo is a very important player for me obviously, but this story around him isn't.

“There's always things to talk about, he didn't start the last game, and then I hear all these things that could be the reason. “If you had seen him in training today you would have seen him laughing a lot! He's in a good mood, a good moment, in really good shape.

“It really is all fine."