“Liverpool was my childhood team,” says Kabak

Ozan Kabak

has been straightforward about his “dream” to play for

one day while paying tribute to

Jurgen Klopp

and

Virgil van Dijk

whom he admires.

The 20-year-old has moved to Anfield on a loan contract with an £18 million ($25m) option to buy from

on the transfer deadline.

The defender’s qualifications have seen him join Liverpool, helping them thrive to success in earning trophies.

Amid a defensive injury crisis that the Reds have been dealing with, the club’s manager decided to go for the Turkey international. Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, and Joel Matip are going to be out of action for a long time.

Klopp has also snapped Ben Davies up from Preston on a permanent deal, but Kabak is the one who will most definitely be included in the starting XI at cetre-back.

The Schalke loanee said: "

Liverpool was my childhood team. So, I always wanted to come to this club, to play at this amazing stadium, in front of these amazing fans.

"It's a dream for me. Now the dream comes true."

Quizzed whether he is enjoying the fact that he will play under Klopp, he answered: "

I'm looking forward to working with him. He's one of the best coaches in the world. I have heard a lot of things about him from my ex-coach David Wagner – he told me a lot of things about him.

"Like I said, I'm looking forward to working with him, to take some things from him."

Kabak is also delighted to have the chance to learn from the Netherlands international Van Dijk.

"

Virgil van Dijk is, I think, the best centre-back in the world at the moment. The last three or four years he was always on his best performance,

" he said. "

He's strong, he's good, he's so fast, he's clever. So that's why I see him as an idol. I want to meet with him as soon as possible, to be honest."

The young defender also talked about his aims with Liverpool:

"My target is to be a top player. I need to improve a lot. I have talent but I need to improve myself and to get some minutes, to make some games here. Then I want to be a top player, like the others.

"I think this team has a lot of top players, top talents, so I want to improve every training [session], every game and to be strong to help the team."

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