Jurgen Klopp sends message to boys trapped in Thai cave

A football manager has sent the squad's best wishes to 12 Thai boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave.

Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp has sent his well wishes to the football team trapped in a Thai cave.

He said: 'On behalf of the whole LFC family we wish you from the bottom of our hearts all the best,' said Klopp in an video message sent to CNN Sport.

'Stay strong and we are with you. We are following all the news and hoping every second that you see the daylight again.'

England football star John Stones also said he hopes the children 'get out safe and sound.'

Asked about the situation, the defender said: 'I've been speaking about it with a few of the boys, it sort of brings home what people's situations are at the minute, and it's so sad to see where they are and we hope they get out safe and sound.

'They won't see this but to everyone, their friends and family, all of the boys, all of the England squad, all of our thoughts are with them and we want to see them get out safe and sound.'

Rescuers are pumping millions of litres of water out of the cave network to try to extract the stranded group through nearly a mile of tunnels before forecasted heavy rains move in around Saturday.

But if floods rush in officials fear they could be stuck for months, with Thailand's rainy season typically lasting into October.

The boys, aged 11-16, and their coach, 25, were trapped inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai after a football game on June 23.

They have been on a rocky shelf inside a cave chamber for 12 days and are largely in good health, authorities have said.

Two elite British divers, Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, were the first rescuers to reach the group on Monday night.

Other rescue options include drilling into the cave from the outside and pulling them out that way.