Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits they face a major team rebuild.

The German says he is fully committed to the task.

He said, "I am long enough in the business to know how these things develop. It's clear after a specific amount of time that you need to shuffle things and kind of start anew. That is completely normal, it happens all the time, it's just rare nowadays that it happens with the same manager because people realise when you sack a manager and bring in a new manager, things change and you readjust the squad.

"After seven years it was clear that we have to do it. Look, I don't think in the last few years we ever were the best team in the league and we had to win - we were always performing to our level and sometimes punching above it. It is not that we win football games with 80%, there's no chance, the boys had to give their absolute all and they did but it is clear there is a moment when you have to make changes.

"The extent of it (this season) is a surprise. We are sixth, or seventh with the games in hand, and that is not where we want to be. Other teams can gain confidence by being sixth or seventh in the league. For us that is not possible because we are not where we want to be, where we should be and where we have to be."