Liverpool can win the Premier League title within the next four years, new manager Jurgen Klopp has suggested.

The 18-time champions of England have failed to finish first in the top flight since 1990, with Brendan Rodgers coming closest to ending that drought with a second-place finish in 2013-14.

Though his ambitions on a specific trophy were vague, Klopp believes a title triumph before 2019 is possible - though he has pleaded for patience as he attempts to build a side capable of challenging.

"It's absolutely surreal. I woke up this morning and I was manager of Liverpool FC. But I don't care about things like that, things like the press. I'm a normal manager and I want to work with the players on the pitch," he said.

"It's not so important what people think when you come in - it's about what you think when you leave. Please give us time. If we want, this can be a really special day, if we're patient.

"This is a really difficult league, with opponents which are big, maybe bigger. We can be successful in a special Liverpool way but we have to wait. 

"I don't want to say we have to wait 20 years, when I sit here in four years I think we will win one title in this time, I'm pretty sure. If not, on to the next one - maybe Switzerland."