{"id":290828,"date":"2023-09-16T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T11:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=290828"},"modified":"2023-09-16T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T11:36:39","slug":"mac-allister-reveals-klopp-and-liverpool-showed-a-real-desire-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mac-allister-reveals-klopp-and-liverpool-showed-a-real-desire-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Allister reveals Klopp and Liverpool &apos;showed a real desire for me&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Alexis Mac Allister reveals Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool &#8216;showed a real desire for me&#8217; in \u00a335m summer move from Brighton &#8211; as he insists &#8216;money&#8217;s not the biggest thing&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alexis Mac Allister has joined Liverpool in a bargain \u00a335m deal from Brighton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He says Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s desire to sign him was the driving force behind the move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister said money wasn&#8217;t the driving force behind his move to Liverpool and credited Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s desire to sign him for convincing him to leave Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool signed Mac Allister on a five year deal worth \u00a335million after watching him thrive at Brighton during the 2022-2023 Premier League campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old became one of Klopp&#8217;s top priorities during the summer transfer window after he helped Brighton\u00a0qualify for Europe for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mac Allister also played a huge part in\u00a0Argentina&#8217;s World Cup triumph &#8211; making him a hot commodity in the summer window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Mac Allister knew he wanted to move to Liverpool and said it was an &#8216;easy decision&#8217; after seeing Klopp&#8217;s desire to sign him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/11\/71905225-12525601-Mac_Allister_reveals_that_joining_Liverpool_is_a_dream_come_true-a-26_1694859779861.jpg\" height=\"496\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/11\/71855635-12525601-Jurgen_Klopp_s_summer_rebuild_at_Anfield_is_now_underway_with_mo-m-25_1694859773184.jpg\" height=\"496\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister said money wasn&#8217;t the driving force behind his move to Liverpool and credited Jurgen Klopp &#8216;s desire to sign him for convincing him to leave Brighton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/11\/71905189-12525601-The_World_Cup_winning_Argentine_has_been_given_the_vacant_No_10_-a-29_1694859793105.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool signed Mac Allister on a five year deal worth \u00a335million after watching him thrive at Brighton during the 2022-2023 Premier League campaign<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TNT Sports, Mac Allister said:\u00a0&#8216;It is an amazing year for me, I achieved a lot of good things, World Cup, to qualify for Europe with\u00a0Brighton and then sign for Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[It was] pretty special for me. I&#8217;ve been training and working really hard to get to this place. I try to be a better person and a better player every day and I&#8217;m really happy and really proud of what I&#8217;m doing now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was easy [to move to Liverpool] because the club and the manager made it easy because from the first moment, they showed a real desire for me and that was so important because in football, money is a big thing, but sometimes it&#8217;s not the biggest thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mac Allister finished by saying:\u00a0&#8216;The manager [Klopp], the club showed a real desire, real interest, and I&#8217;m really grateful for that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Mac Allister brings some much needed life and energy into a Liverpool midfield which has grown stale and has been in desperate need of reinvigorating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool fans are hoping Mac Allister, along with Klopp&#8217;s other signings, will catapult the Reds back into contention for the title after a year out of contention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mac Allister is eager to follow through and told TNT he wanted to help Liverpool win the league and qualify for the Champions League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8216;As every big team, you want to aim very high, we&#8217;ve got an important competition like the Europa League and then the Premier League\u00a0of course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We want to get this club back into the\u00a0Champions League. So we have to aim very high and that&#8217;s what we are trying, try to go step-by-step, win every game and then the future we will see.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to speak about his position at Liverpool, claiming he is happy to do more of the defensive work in midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old said: &#8216;I like it [playing in a deeper role], of course I&#8217;ve got to defend a little bit more, but that&#8217;s not a problem for me because I&#8217;m a team player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12525601\/Alexis-Mac-Allister-reveals-Jurgen-Klopp-Liverpool-showed-real-desire-35m-summer-Brighton-insists-moneys-not-biggest-thing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Mac Allister reveals Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool &#8216;showed a real desire for me&#8217; 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