Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has again admitted his admiration for Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard.

Klopp stated this week he tried to sign Odegaard for Borussia Dortmund before he joined Real Madrid.

The Reds go to Arsenal on Sunday and Klopp said: “Martin Odegaard, I spoke to him when he was 15 from Norway when the whole world wanted him and he decided on Real Madrid.

"I remember it like it was yesterday, we sat on a table with his dad and we were all so excited.

“And then there were a few difficult years but that is normal when you were that much in the spotlight. He's become the player everybody expected him to become at that time."