Jurgen Klopp reveals latest on Georginio Wijnaldum’s Liverpool future
The Holland international is in the final nine months of his current deal and has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists the ongoing contract situation with midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is "absolutely fine".
The Holland international is in the final nine months of his current deal and has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona to be reunited for former national team coach Ronald Koeman.
Klopp has played down the speculation but failed to provide a definitive answer on the 29-year-old's future.
"It's all good with Gini. Absolutely fine about the future as far as we are involved. I can't speak about a few years, but it's all good for the moment," he said.
"You know the situation - between me, Gini and the club, everything is fine.
"Since Gini is here I have had 500 or 600 talks with him. Of course I've spoken to him since he came back from international duty. But that's all."
Wijnaldum's immediate future ties in with any interest Liverpool have in Bayern Munich midfielder Thiaga Alcantara progressing into something more formal.
Klopp is an admirer of the Spain international but would not be drawn on rumours linking them with a move.
"If I could invent a word to end speculations I'd be really rich," he added.
"Did I mention Thiago Alcantara is a very good player a long ago? It's nice that we are linked with him but that's all."
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