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Jurgen Klopp says he "does not care" about the "growing pressure" in Liverpool after spending close £ 170m on four new players The Reds have signed goalkeeper Alisson and midfielders Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri as they seek to bridge the gap on Manchester City
Liverpool has finished 25 points behind the winners of the Premier League City last season.
"We did not buy a team while others sold theirs, it's not like that," Klopp told BBC Sport
. we are not allowed to go to the championship, it will be very hard
"They are still there, but we have improved our position for us. What this means for the league we will see. "
" I'm not a dreamer "
Liverpool have spent nearly £ 250m in the last 12 months, including The Guinean midfielder Keita came from RB Leipzig for around £ 50m, Brazilian midfielder Fabinho joined Monaco in January, Swiss winger Shaqiri came from Stoke for £ 13m
However, the club also lifted substantial funds, notably through the sale of £ 142m from Philippe Coutinho in Barcelona in January
Klopp said: "The pressure is only outside. This is not really important. What you say about me in three months does not completely change my life.
"It's exactly the same with our owners, we're quite good, it's not as if the others were sleeping."
"You're right, the pressure comes from the outside, it's probably increasing, I'm crazy about that, I want us to play the best football we can play and that our fans are happy, that's what others say, it does not matter
"I'm not a dreamer, I do not dream that we can be there or there- down, others can do it but we have to build a pitch for those dreams. "
" We have to play football and is 80% of the season, if not 90%, the hardest work. The 10% is the day you go bang, bang, bang and win 5-0. Sensational. It's football. "
" We must prove that we are not a sales club "
Klopp won two Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012 and a German He also played in the Champions League final, but also saw important players leave during his reign.
Striker Robert Lewandowski and midfielder Mario Gotze joined Bayern Munich and Shinji Kagawa s & # 39 went to Manchester United, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gundogan all left the club after Klopp left the club in 2015.
Liverpool also saw many of his recent starters seasons, including Coutinho and Luis Suarez in Barcelona, Raheem Sterling in Manchester City and Fernando Torres in Chelsea.
Klopp says Liverpool must "prove" that they are no longer a sales club and that it faces a situation "similar" to that of Dortmund
"Years ago I was in Dortmund" he said "they had left We will play for the next four years with the Dortmund team in 2011, we would have won the Champions League at least once.
"They were 19/20 years old, it was an amazing team and we had the chance to gather them all together, we do not have exactly the same thing [at Liverpool] but it is similar.
"In the past for Liverpool it was the same situation. Torres, Suarez, Coutinho, Sterling. They were sold. This is true. The only thing that means to us now is that we are responsible. We can not blame anyone. We can not say that it's not there anymore.
"You have to use quality and do not rely on individuals to make the difference. Football is not like that.
" The city was not a champion last season because She had the best players in all positions. They played extraordinarily well and fantastic football. Klopp lost three finals with Liverpool
Klopp was impressed by an aggressive style of play last season to reach the final of the Champions League. They finished fourth in the Premier League
. But their last trophy was the 2012 League Cup, while they have not won the title since 1990.
The German Klopp was named manager in October 2015 and reached the Europa League. The final of the League Cup in his first campaign, but were beaten in both finals by Sevilla and Manchester City respectively.
"Can I promise next season silverware?" Of course not, says Klopp, how could I? We will fight for that. That's what we promised in all the years and we did it.
"We were always close: if people want to judge our journey up to a success or not only on the question of whether you have won something, do -It does not pose a problem. ] "But did people appreciate the trip, saw the final and said" it's football, it can be happy "so we managed.
" So we're close to the fans and the # 39, team, it's different, people were really ready to fight together until the last thing. "
100% true that Karius had a concussion & # 39; 19659008] Karius has already made two errors leading to pre-season goals
Last season, a brilliant race in Europe was completed in Kiev by Real Madrid, who won their third consecutive Champions League win with a 3-1 win, goalkeeper Loris Karius helped the Spaniards on their way, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale both benefited from the score.
Mistakes were awarded to Karius, who beat defender Sergio Ramos and was discovered five days later having "26 of the 30 markers for a concussion ale "in the tests
The German goalkeeper made two errors leading to pre-season goals up here against Tranmere and Dortmund.
Klopp added: "No one believes what happened in Kiev but it is 100% true, he had conceded
" Anyone who has had it knows that "what is it? it is quite difficult to judge situations. You have forgotten things and other people have to tell you how you behaved. "I really think that Loris is our 100% goalkeeper, from this point of view, nothing has changed, is this the easiest period of his life, can it make him stronger? 100% yes
"He is still a young boy. He has exceptional skills. The main objective is to bring it out on the ground. It's like that for all players. We will try to help with that. "
" We must be angry, aggressive, greedy "
Striker Mohamed Salah was Liverpool's best player in the last campaign, totaling 44 goals in 52 games in his first season, 32 in prime League and the Egyptian international have signed a new five-year contract at Anfield earlier this month.
Liverpool continues its pre-season by facing Manchester City on Thursday (kickoff 01:05 BST ), followed by a meeting with Manchester United rivals Saturday (22:05 BST).
They play their first Premier League match at home in West Ham on Sunday, August 12.
Klopp tells LFCTV: " We must be ready for big challenges, big goals, we have to be this fierce, aggressive, greedy and eager team that wants to win every game.
"All the other teams have quality too, so we have to be ready for the fights, I do not understand the signatures and things.
" I understand, it's only the pre-season and people are happy – cool. To stay happy there is a lot of work to be done.
"We are in the middle of the process and they will not be finished for the first day of the match, of course not."
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