Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has showcased his respect for outgoing striker Roberto Firmino.

The German head coach is disappointed his Brazilian forward is leaving after so many successful years at the club.

And Klopp only had positive words to say about Firmino and the impact he has made on the team and on a personal level.

Klopp said in an upcoming documentary: "He is so integral for everything what happened here in my time. I think he is still the player who started most games even when recently he didn't start that often.

“It's just that I couldn't imagine for a long, long time how our game would look without him. So, we had to find ways when he was not available and we came through these spells: Sadio [Mane] last year, for example, did exceptional, did that really well.

“But yes, as a person, as a human, as a boy, I will miss him. As a player we all will miss him, but anyway I think it's the right way to part ways: very respectful, with tears in our eyes and with the knowledge that we will definitely miss each other because it will be the other way around the same.

“But we are professional football people and we have to part ways from time to time, it's a completely normal thing. So, we will stay friends forever definitely, I will be grateful forever for everything he did for us, for me, and he will go down as one of the Liverpool greats.

"What can you wish more for in a footballer's life than that?"