Liverpool boss comments on Gareth Bale links

Jurgen Klopp has categorically ruled out a transfer move for Real Madrid attacker Gareth Bale, according to Sky Sports.

Bale has publicly fallen out with manager Zinedine Zidane, who is now looking to offload the Welshman as soon as possible.

However, it appears Merseyside won’t be his eventual destination, with the Reds boss claiming he’d rather work with a team than individual stars.

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“These fantastic football players have some strange ideas,” said Klopp. “I respect them all so much, but they probably only say these things because somebody asked them.

“Bale is a Real Madrid player and if he leaves it will be outstandingly expensive and big wages.

“He is an outstanding player, I like him a lot but it is not about him. You have to create a team. A team is not a collection of the best individual players, they have to work together.

“Liverpool is a long-term project. The team is really good. Will there be difficult situations? Probably. There would be if we bring in a new player, or two or three. I didn’t say we won’t do anything, it is going to be a big window for sure but people don’t think about the people who are already in.

“Sometimes you have to calm the situation down, pay your bills, have a normal life and live in the house before you build a new one.”

The Liverpool manager also dodged questions about the possibility of him signing a contract extension, with three years remaining on his deal at Anfield.

“I still don’t understand these questions,” Klopp said. “Let’s play this season. If it is good then we are all happy, if it is not then a few people will be happy that I don’t have a seven-year contract here.

“There is enough time. I have never planned in my life for the next four or five years because it doesn’t make sense.

“What happens in between here and then, let’s make the decision when it is the right moment. I don’t have the feeling that this is the right moment to even think about it.”

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