It’s a “exciting time” for Jurgen Klopp and his revamped Liverpool squad, and the manager is certain that his team has what it takes to return to the top.

After a good start that saw them grab 10 points out of a possible 12, the Reds return to Premier League action on Saturday lunchtime when they welcome Wolves at Molineux. With a win in the Black Country, Klopp’s team would take over first place in the league before Manchester City’s match against West Ham United later that day.

Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister have gotten off to strong beginnings for Liverpool, while both Ryan Gravenberch, who joined the club on the transfer deadline, and Wataru Endo, the captain of the Japanese national team, who was acquired from Stuttgart last month for about £16 million, will be ready for Saturday’s encounter.

And a euphoric Klopp has been delighted by what he has seen from his renewed ranks, praising the talents of the club’s younger crop of players and claiming that he still has the same drive and desire he had with the Liverpool side that won every top-level trophy available to them between 2019 and 2022.

“I know I said it, but I also feel it, it is year one,” Klopp added. To paraphrase, “I don’t want to manage the success of the past and fail to repeat it. In fact, we have to. We had to [rebuild] with the same old manager, as do many major teams from time to time, but it didn’t drain my energy at all. The preseason and the season’s start were both fantastic, and it’s quite evident that we need to keep going. That is always the case.

Yes, I am growing older, but when I watch the 16-year-olds in training, I think, “OK, in two years they are 18 so there is a good chance I have them, without rushing them into the first team.” I had similar experience with Mario Gotze (when he was playing for Borussia Dortmund) many years ago, when someone watching a game questioned, “Who is that?” I was completely unaware that Mario Gotze was only 16 years old. How soon can we get him here?

We don’t have to rush them into the lineup, and we have a lot of talented young players at the club. Clearly, Bobby Clark has come a long way; has he been promoted to the first team yet? Most likely, no. Where did you get them? We don’t want them to leave, and no one ever brings up the year they were 18 or 19 while reflecting on a successful career.

“If you were outstanding, that can cause you more problems, and if you aren’t in yet, that can make you feel like you haven’t made it yet, so our job is to help the boys deal with a massive advantage of time in the best way possible because they have all the time I have, and obviously Vitor Matos and Pep Lijnders are the biggest advocates of all these boys. So they know all there is to know about them, and I see them occasionally, so that’s fine.

We wаnted a No.6 as well, and it was no sеcrеt that we were looking for someone else,” Klopp continued. Our constant awareness of Stefan Bajcetic was the main issue. Despite our high regard for him, he was out of commission for five months due to an ιnjury. Everyone who saw him last season probably thought, “my God!” I meаn, where is this leading?

We never doubted Mac Allister’s ability to play the position, but we didn’t know to what extent. We learned from last season how difficult it is to manufacture conditions in which Macca can play the 6, as this formation is effective only when the team is tightly knit. It won’t seem good if you have huge expanses but can’t defend against counterattacks. Endo is an excellent addition to our team. Perhaps he is a more traditional 6 at heart. No, those aren’t the only choices we had.

There was something special about our midfielders; I can’t put my finger on why. However, they gave their lives for the team. James Milner’s football skills make onlookers wonder, “Why don’t you do that in a game?” The answer, of course, is that he wants to win more.

He’s the one who’ll be responsible for all the unpleasant tasks. When he enters the game as a substitute and receives a caution against Newcastle. If all he does is come on and put down a guy, he will never improve. He’s focused on triumph. Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Naby Wijnaldum were all great players in their time, as was Jordan Henderson. Fabinho had his skillset, “the Hoover.”

You told me we didn’t score enough from midfield even when we were having our best seasons because people were injured last year. That’s nice, but it wasn’t the primary source of our offense. We need to put together a team, which we haven’t done. We’re still doing our research since it’s really crucial to imagine a positive outcome, but the players have gone to Bolivia’s highlands, so we haven’t heard anything yet.

It’s exciting and excellent, though. It’s tҺrilling to be a part of the process of developing a new, exciting way to play football. Moment to moment, it must be the same or very close, but the key difference versus Aston Villa was the solidity we gained from the defensive work of our No. 8s, Curtis Jones and Dom Szoboszlai, and Macca Mac Allister. And that’s exactly what we require; thus, let’s follow its logical conclusion.