Jurgen Klopp Praises Edu For Discovering ‘Unbelievable’ 18 Y/O

Jurgen Klopp has been in awe of Gabriel Martinelli ever since his team faced off against Arsenal.

The Reds boss called Martinelli the “talent of the century” and even praised his maturity after the 5-5 Carabao Cup showdown.

This week, Klopp told Brazilian TV show, Esporte Interativo, “It was not in this game only. I watch a lot of football, so I saw the Europa League games of Arsenal. He’s 18 years old, right? So our scouting department is all over the world and stuff like this, but I think Edu gets all the credit for that signing – he came from… wherever.

“He’s really unbelievable. So young, looks so mature already, is a proper threat. Yeah, he looks like a really decent player. But I didn’t want to put any backpack [pressure] on his back with this thing [his earlier remarks] but I just really like good football players and obviously he’s a very good one.”

Discussing the performance of his own young defender, Sepp van den Berg, he told Liverpool’s website” “That’s really difficult to deal with these guys. Martinelli’s pretty much the same age but he’s a talent of the century, he’s an incredible striker, so it’s really difficult.”