Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits he wanted to sign Jadon Sancho when he was still with Manchester City.

Sancho is now starring with Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund.

Klopp believes BVB completed some shrewd business when they landed Sancho, but feels they had an easier task to get him because the Premier League's top six clubs would rarely - if ever - do business that would strengthen a rival.

"Buying English players is a smart idea because we would never have a chance to get Sancho," said Klopp. "We are not blind - we saw him, we liked him and then we think 'Can we get him?' No. Because English clubs don't sell to other English clubs.

"I don't know exactly what the reason is for that but they don't do it. Now they can go to Germany which is a wonderful league. I don't see German football in a bad situation."