"They call it [the title] the bread and butter around here and we need to win it," the Liverpool captain told the Times newspaper.
"I'm desperate for the league. I can't describe to you how much I want it.
"I think it will be bigger than the celebrations after Istanbul.
"Seventeen years? That's far too long and we feel we have all the tools now to pull it off.
"We've got the manager, the team, the new owners putting the money in and a stadium to come.
"The manager has strengthened in the right places, there's no doubt about that."
