Mac Allister: Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp grateful for signing 'smart all-arounder'

German tactician Jurgen Klopp is happy after Liverpool completed the transfer of Argentine midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. 

Mac Allister has put pen to paper on a long-term contract that has seen him become the club’s first signing of the summer. 

The 24-year-old joins from fellow Premier League outfit Brighton and Hove for an undisclosed fee per the club website. 

Following the completion of the deal and unveiling of the club’s new number 10, Liverpool’s manager, Klopp, could not contain his happiness. 

The German coach described the transfer as super news before thanking the club for signing the player he described as smart and an all-rounder. 

“We are adding a very talented, very smart, very technically skilled boy to our squad and this is super news, really it is,” Klopp told the club website. 

 “It is clear that he is someone who can play in a number of positions in the midfield and is an all-rounder, I would say. He is calm and composed and someone with proper game intelligence.”

“I’m grateful to everyone at the club who helped make this transfer happen and I am sure I speak for everyone here when I say I cannot wait to start working with Alexis.”