Steven Gerrard back training at Melwood

Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan has revealed that he had to "pinch himself" when he realised that he would be training with Steven Gerrard at Melwood.

LA Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard joined Liverpool training on Monday for the first time since leaving the club at the end of last season and was greeted with typically English wind and rain on his return from California.

But Klopp has been keen to stress the arrangement is just to help out Gerrard and the 35-year-old will not be rejoining the club in a playing capacity.

"He's in good shape though. We had one phone call and a few messages and of course I think I said the doors are always open", said Klopp via Sky Sports. It should always be like this.

And today, just hours after Liverpool moved to within six points of the Premier League summit after a 1-0 win over Swansea, Gerrard has been pictured back at Liverpool's training ground.

"It's an important sign for all players that if you behave like him for about, I don't know, 50 years in the club, if you always give everything you have, then it's easy to come back". For us, it's a good situation.

"At this moment he's a very important player in the club because he's in training. Everybody had a smile on their face when they saw Stevie", Klopp told a news conference on Tuesday. It's good to have him here.

"We will find for sure something for Stevie when he comes back and whatever he wants to do we will help him but not at this moment - we are in the middle of the season".