I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.

Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.

In football there is very rarely a "typical day" - there are always issues and challenges that arise from nowhere, and as manager you have to be ready to deal with them.

I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.

I will leave no stone unturned in my quest - and that quest will be relentless - to try and get Liverpool back on the map again as a successful football club.

I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the players taking the sessions.

Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore