"The problem's been that, in the build-up to these games, people are always talking about things that have nothing to do with football and, because we talk about this all the time ahead of these games, I think it's now time to stop speaking about it" said the Liverpool boss.
"If he wants to shake hands, I don't have any problems with that. I will shake his hand.
"I prefer to talk about football than these small things. I'll give to him the opportunity to shake hands if he wants.
"We'll go down there and be his guests on Sunday. At the end of the game, I will wait and see if he offers his hand. If he does, then I'll shake it. Not a problem."