‘Thank God’: Klopp says one Liverpool player will become ‘world class’

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told the club’s official website that Diogo Jota is about to become world class.

Klopp made the comments about the Liverpool forward following the Reds’ win against Watford at Anfield in the Premier League at the weekend.

The 25-year-old former Wolverhampton Wanderers forward scored for Liverpool with a header in the 22nd minute.

Jota has scored 14 goals and provided one assist in 21 Premier League starts so far this season.

Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s Diogo Jota

Klopp said about Jota on Saturday: “It was always clear that Diogo is not a pure winger; Diogo is a striker who can defend the wing and play on the wing – both wings. Thank God he played for us all three positions up front and always did really well. Today, in a game like this, it is really important that the boys play the game and not the position.

“That means you have to end up in these kind of situations where we struggle sometimes if we are a bit too static. This was a very fluid situation where Joey was high, got the ball, a great cross, but then if there is nobody [there] it is still the same cross with no outcome. It was a great goal, absolutely.

“He is that guy and it was, for sure, always in him, but I’ve said now a couple of times, at Wolves he had a different job and he did that job that good that we thought, ‘We want him.’ Since he has come in, he has improved a lot. That is a little bit up to his age, he is growing into the top, world-class striker role step by step.”

Anfield star

In our opinion, Jota is one of the best attacking players in the Premier League and is now a key figure at Liverpool.

The former Wolves star has become an important source of goals for Liverpool and is able to play in a number of positions in attack.

Jota is also a brilliant header of the ball.

Klopp knows a quality footballer when he sees one, and him saying that Jota will be a world-class player soon is very encouraging.

Jota is only 25 now, and his best years are ahead of him.

For Liverpool to win the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup this season, Jota will have to on top of his game in the final weeks of the campaign.