Jurgen Klopp has declared this season's team as "Liverpool reloaded".
Ahead of Sunday's opening day trip to Chelsea, Klopp admits it's the beginning of a new era.
He said, "We have a new start with this Liverpool FC reloaded - it's an exciting thing.
"People wanted changes because we'd been together for a long time. Did it happen at the right moment? That's difficult to answer. But now it happened and that's good.
"We have a new leadership group and if you look at the players not in that group then they also offer a lot, they are exceptional. Cody [Gakpo] is great, Dom [Szoboszlai] is 23 and the captain of Hungary, Macca [Alexis Mac Allister] is also outstanding.
"We all share responsibility, let's take that responsibility and see where we go. Don't try to be like someone just be the best version of yourself.
"I've seen a lot of things [from the players] that make me think 'we mean business'.
"They want to show up. We are looking forward to the Europa League draw but we want to play in the Champions League. We want to compete.
"We have targets and the good feelings I have are based on what I saw during in pre-season."
Klopp added: "I'm not sure if my optimism is based on last season, we've had a good pre-season, worked hard and I've enjoyed it a lot. The boys were listening - ears and eyes were open.
"We really wanted to learn our game, not again, because it must be different to go to the next level. You probably saw the pre-season games where we were too open and the shouts are loud. It's an organisation problem because we definitely have the quality and it's my job to sort that out."
