Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has again declared Joe Gomez as "world class" after the defender penned a new contract this week.

Klopp says he was delighted with Gomez's form in the second-half of the season.

He told liverpoolfc.com: "Last year we had three centre-halves coming back from a long-term injury. The things are all to explain, it's not that difficult. Virgil (van Dijk) obviously – the man, we don't have to discuss about that really – started on a pretty high level. Joel (Matip) was the one who came in first and could train the longest, and we don't have to discuss his quality. He was there.

"Ibou (Konate), new and had a long-term injury as well, by the way, before that, and needed to find his feet a little bit in the squad. [He] delivered from the first moment but was still new and had to adapt to a couple of things. Joey needed this little bit longer and that's how it is sometimes. Then he needed a bit more rhythm and [had] a little injury again – nothing major but just a little bit, which is normal after a long time out.

"That brought him in the position for a while but I think we all know how often and how good he played, in the second part of the season especially. How I said, he's a world-class defender, no shadow of a doubt."