Boss says Wood, Hudson-Odoi are still Reds doubts

"I'm not naive, I know how tough the Premier League is, I've been in it for a long time. It’s a constant shift. Add in European football which everyone wants and the challenge just keeps increasing. That's got to be put into the thinking.

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"When I was on the outside looking at it and fans were telling me, 'we're going to do this and we're going to do that,' I said I don’t think it's that easy. Once I saw them get into Europe, I said, trust me, it’s not going to be that easy.

"It's not bona fide guaranteed that you are now absolutely 100 per cent a top-10 Premier League club. It doesn’t happen like that. There's a process for the club, as well as for the players and the fans.

"The fans have been terrific since I've been here and are finding a bit of balance. They have maybe looked at it a bit differently and thought ‘OK, this guy is at least just telling us the truth, he wants to be here, he loves the badge, he wants the badge and he wants us to do well’

"I'm not just saying that, that’s what fans are telling me. But they've got to understand, there isn’t magic dust. You can’t just make it happen overnight, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done. That's what we're doing and that’s what we intend to do."