“First of all it’s about football. It certainly makes sense that we have a big number of English players,” the German told the official site.
“And if there’s a player who is a scouser and can play football then we should go for him 100% but it’s not the first thing we should think about.”
“They need to know about the possibility. To say it is one thing, to show it is completely different.
“These guys know now that if they improve and make the next steps then they will have a real future here.
“It’s our responsibility to help the boys. We judge them. They stay here because they are good but we have to help them go on to have a real career, whether that’s at Liverpool or somewhere else.”