Jurgen Klopp is thankful to the contribution of Sadio Mane, Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino after the trio departed Liverpool earlier in the summer transfer window.
The Liverpool boss insists Mane will go down as a Reds legend after spending six successful years on Merseyside and winning every major honour there is to be won. Origi will always be remembered at Anfield for his contribution in Liverpool's Champions League season in 2019.
Minamino sealed a £15.5 million move to Monaco a couple of weeks ago after spending two and a half years at Liverpool. The Japan international played a bit-part role in the Premier League, but contributed greatly to the Reds lifting the FA Cup and Carabao Cup last season.
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Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com : "We are very thankful to the boys, it was absolutely great, their contribution was outstanding – all in a slightly different way.
"But he is a Liverpool legend definitely. When you think about Divock, you cannot avoid a smile, because so many great moments were only possible because of him. Absolutely outstanding. Like the shoulder/header at Newcastle; so many things; the goals against Everton; Champions League, the final. Absolutely great.
"We wish him all the best. That’s what I said to him when I gave him a hug after our last Premier League game when he got his farewell. I said, ‘Wherever you go, I know you will be a success and I wish you all the luck in life because you deserve it.’
"Sadio, what can we say about Sadio, hey? What a player. A world-class player. He and we together reinvented him as a No.9 as well in the last season, which he played outstandingly well. I like the way it happened now because it was completely clean.
"We knew, he told us, his agent told us, they wanted to leave, they wanted to have a new challenge, find a new club. [It’s] never easy negotiations – it’s all good until we talk about money, but that worked then really well. So, as well a Liverpool legend, one of the all-time Premier League greats, I would say, with the numbers he has.
"And then Taki – not that long here but a similar influence on the things we did. Won big trophies here. We became champions together when he came in the winter and then we won the domestic cups together, which we wouldn’t have won without him, that’s the 100 per cent truth.
"That’s how it is. For him as well, Monaco, good club, he will play there, he will have a great career from here on. He will always be welcome when he comes back, 100 per cent, a fantastic person."
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