Klopp’s admiration for Kasper Dolberg and Christian Eriksen

Ajax starlet Kasper Dolberg has been linked with Liverpool after Jürgen Klopp spoke highly of him during an interview.

A number of Premier League clubs have been linked with the highly-rated 19-year-old who has scored 10 goals in the Eredivisie so far this season.

In an interview with Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Klopp commented: “Who doesn’t know Kasper Dolberg? You can’t play at Ajax without being noticed.

“Kasper Dolberg has a very great future. He is a fantastic player.

“I love Danish players. I had Leon Andreasen at Mainz, he was a monster. I also have fond memories of Bo Svensson and Mohamed Zidan, he is probably half Danish because his wife is Danish. But it’s not that they are Danes, it is all about their qualities.”

Because of these comments, the British media are obviously now reporting that Dolberg could be a target for Liverpool.

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The Liverpool manager also revealed he’s an admirer of Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and talked about when he considered making a move for him when he was in charge at Borussia Dortmund.

He added: “We were very interested in Eriksen but we had to choose between him [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan and [Kevin] De Bruyne.

“Eriksen is a great player. Everyone would love to have him in their team.

“At that time we had three players. We went after Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Kevin De Bruyne and Christian Eriksen. We scouted all three very intensely but we knew we could only get one. We were happy to get Mkhitaryan.

“Since then, Christian Eriksen has taken a great step at Tottenham. He’s very strong.”

Asked if he would consider trying to take Eriksen to Anfield and Klopp replied: “No. We would not act in that way towards Tottenham.”

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