Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Klopp happy with keepers amid Hart interest
LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp is not interested in signing out-of-favour Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
The England i nternational is currently on loan with Serie A side Torino but the 30-year-old could return to the Premier League next season and has again been linked with Liverpool.
Klopp has had issues with his keepers this campaign with Loris Karius, bought in the summer for £4.7million, given a 10-game spell in the Premier League in the middle of the season when Simon Mignolet was going through a bad run, but the German failed to convince.
Since Mignolet returned his form has improved, and in the last two matches against Stoke and West Brom the Belgian has been particularly impressive.
“Extra competition? You ask about goalkeepers but even though you don’t say the name is it about Joe Hart?” said Klopp when asked whether he was considering strengthening between the sticks.
“We don’t usually talk about these sort of things but in this particular case I think we can.
“He is a fantastic goalkeeper, the goalkeeper of the English national team, the highest quality, but we have highest-quality goalkeepers.
“It is not for us in this moment and hopefully not for us in the future — not because of Joe but we already have two strong goalkeepers.
“Wardy (Danny Ward) is at Huddersfield and playing a brilliant season — we will bring him back next year so there is competition.
“The situation with our goalkeepers is really good. I understand the question but I cannot give the answer probably a few people want.”