Jurgen Klopp says the result of Saturday's Champions League final will have no impact on the contract situations of Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane.
Both players will enter the final 12 months of their Anfield deals in June and while Liverpool are hopeful of retaining the pair beyond, there has been little in the way of anything public from either players' camp or the club at this stage.
The Reds are keen to discuss terms later this summer once a 63-game campaign has come to an end and Klopp says the European Cup final in Paris will hold no sway on what happens over Salah, Mane or Naby Keita, who is also entering his final year.
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"Will the result impact contract talks? No, not at all," said the Liverpool boss. "If we win it, will they want to go? We are in talks with all the players. It is just not the moment to talk about everything.
"Has reaching the final interrupted talks? No, that would mean we would have to have negative talks, no. There is just not the time, we play every three days. The players have this idea, we have this idea, sometimes they match, sometimes we have to work together, but we have known each other for ages."
Saturday night in Paris will mark a repeat of the 2018 final when Salah was forced off with a shoulder injury early on to end his 44-goal debut season at Anfield in tears. Liverpool were beaten 3-1 on the night thanks to a stunning Gareth Bale goal either side of two mistakes from goalkeeper Loris Karius.
Klopp rejected the notion that the game is a chance for revenge for events in Kyiv four years ago and believes his side will arrive at their latest European Cup final in better shape than the 2018 edition.
"It is clear it was a harsh night for us and it was tough to take," Klopp said. "The circumstances, the way we conceded the goal, the injury to Mo... we came there a bit on three wheels, the players came back just in time and then we had to change. We couldn’t replace Mo like for like.
"I don’t believe in revenge but I understand it as well. I am not sure it is the right thing to do. I understand what Mo said, he wants to put it right, I want to put it right. In Germany you say you always win twice in life, behave in the first moment and you will win again.
"It is all fine between me and Real Madrid, it's a football game on the highest level. Whoever thinks it is good to give us an opportunity to win it now, I think it will be a great story.
"It is nice I don’t have to talk about the last six finals I lost but it is part of my final, I cannot change that. It was only one Champions League final but a lot of finals [lost]. For me I mean it: the journey is as important.
"Qualifying for a final is in all sports really difficult. Maybe I had to learn longer. You need luck. It is a massive difference. We won it already but we face a team where the majority have won it three times, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Benzema, so if we are in a better place, what are they?
"They obviously have the desire, it is at the maximum level on their side and will be on the max level from our side."
