Liverpool star Georginio Wijnaldum hungry for more trophies after Champions League success

Winning the Champions League has only served to increase Georginio Wijnaldum's desire to win trophies with Liverpool.

The Dutchman reported back to Melwood following his summer break on Saturday, 42 days on from helping the Reds beat Tottenham to seal European football's biggest prize in Madrid .

But that success hasn't sated the Dutchman, who is already thinking about adding to his medal collection this term.

“Because I know how it feels right now, I want it again,” he told the club's official website. “That’s why I came back hungry, the guys also came back hungry to achieve even more.

“It’s a good feeling and it’s the feeling you want to get used to, winning trophies like that. That’s why everyone is hungry to do even better this year and win more.

“It was a good vacation I had. I had a lot more days than the years before.

“You always look forward to coming back and especially because we won the Champions League, you want more this season. So you’re really hungry to start.”

The early stages of pre-season have seen Jurgen Klopp call upon two players who missed out on much of last season due to serious injury in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rhian Brewster.

And Wijnaldum believes the pair have already shown that they can be akin to new signings after overcoming their fitness issues.

“We already knew they were quality players but unfortunately they were injured last season and had more or less their own programme,” he added.

“But before they got injured we knew how good they are. The manager said they are like new players and it’s also [the same] for us. We’re going to add their quality to the squad so it’s going to be even better than before.”