Vitor Matos is delighted to have joined Liverpool's coaching staff.
Former Porto coach Matos has been branded Liverpool's "connector" since being brought in as an elite development coach by Jurgen Klopp over the summer.
Working with Jrgen is like having a masterclass!" Matos told Liverpoolfc.com.
I am very pleased and happy for the opportunity to work with the best. Really, Jrgen is not only about understanding football, a player or a youth player, he is more than that, it is how he understands life and its values.
For me, this fascinating way of seeing things is unbelievable, it's really unbelievable.
Normally we say that the character of the team is the character of the coach and we can see Jrgen's impact on everything in the club. The way he is as a person makes an influence on the training sessions, in the pre-match meetings, on the environment at Melwood.
There is a famous doctor in Portugal who says, 'They who only know about medicine, don't know anything about medicine' and I say that a coach who only knows about football doesn't know anything about football. Jrgen is the perfect example of that.
The way he fills all the game ideas, all the tactical principles, all the team organisation with passion and with love is amazing because that is what gives you the way of playing. It's been really amazing to work with him."
Matos has also outlined exactly what his role is within the club.
My biggest goal is to create development. You can create development in different ways but the most important thing is that you understand football as a collective game," he explained.
It's something that is built on the interactions between the players and these interactions that you have are related to your way of playing, to your identity, so you can see: 'OK, this is Liverpool 's way of playing.'
Development or individual development is also connected with this: these game ideas and this way of playing will force the individual development of the players."
