Jurgen Klopp has rubbished reports that Liverpool are set to make a move for Arsenal winger Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain in the January transfer window.
Reports emerged this week claiming the Reds boss was mulling over a potential move for the out-of-favour Gunners star, who admitted frustration earlier in the season at not playing as regularly as he would like.
However, Klopp emphatically put the rumour to bed,saying in his pre-matchpress conference on Thursday:I don't usually say anything about transfer rumours but I can make an exception. Nonsense."
Klopp: "Usually I do not say anything about transfer rumours but the one about Oxlade-Chamberlain is nonsense." pic.twitter.com/0q6DPY6MHc
"This kind of thing I think a lot about but I say nothing because it is really not interesting what I think about this.You (the media) are already on a path so do with it what you want but from our side nothing else to say about it.�
Klopp is currently preparing his side for the visit of Manchester City on New Year's Eve and the German coach insisted that his strong record against Pep Guardiola counts for nothing now that the duo are in the Premier League.
We know everything about how Pep played with Bayern but that is not important any more because it is different players and different systems,� said the Liverpool manager, who has beaten City on his two previous encounters in the league.
We are a different team so at this moment both sides cannot be sure which idea the other team has.It is not that we have a look back at the last few games against Pep Guardiola because our teams don't play each other.
In Holland it was Johan Cruyff and Total Football. He (Guardiola) was very nearly perfect with Barcelona, he had a big influence with Bayern and changed their style completely.He is an outstanding manager 100 per cent. I am not interested too much in giving things a name but you can see on the pitch he is an influential manager.
He has a clear idea and a pretty much good idea. He has had a fantastic career until now.He had a nice style with Barcelona and was really good with Bayern and now he is at City and he is there to be successful and not to show how good he is."