Jurgen Klopp provides injury information for Liverpool prior to their Premier League away encounter against Newcastle United.
Ibrahima Konate is a question mark for Liverpool’s matchup with Newcastle United; according to Jurgen Klopp, considering the Reds’ center-back resources, they “need to be lucky with injuries” this year.
After sustaining a muscular injury during the 3-1 victory against Bournemouth at Anfield last Saturday, Konate faces a race against time to be ready for Sunday’s trip to St James’ Park.
Joel Matip and Joe Gomez are on standby to partner Virgil van Dijk at centre-back, with Rhys Williams on loan at Aberdeen and Nat Phillips having not featured during pre-season and expected to be the subject of transfer interest ahead of next Friday’s deadline.
Levi Colwill, a longtime target of Liverpool’s, decided to sign a new contract with Chelsea rather than help the Reds’ defense this summer, despite the fact that Liverpool had been considering doing so.
Although Klopp hasn’t ruled out moving in the last week of the window, he also said Liverpool is ready to stick with their current choices while admonishing that they can’t always be prepared for every scenario.
Ibou is a question, the Reds manager stated. 40 minutes of play with 10 men didn’t help.
It’s always ‘we could do this, we could do that’ in this room. Perhaps one day you’ll spend a day in my chair and deal with everything else as well.
“In a perfect world, we would have six, seven, or eight center-halves and be completely covered; right now, there’s no doubt that we depend on luck with injuries. I am confident in the quality of the boys we have.
Here, (Jarell) Quansah is another incredibly great player. We are currently protected. We had to learn the hard way a couple of times in the past that it’s not a perfect world where you can be ready for everything.
“We’ll try our hardest to put together a squad next week so we can respond to just about anything. That seems possible. We’ll find out.
Despite suffering a knock against Bournemouth, Trent Alexander-Arnold will play this weekend. However, Thiago Alcantara and Curtis Jones, a midfield duo, feel this game is coming up too soon.
Trent, yes; Thiago starting on Monday; Curtis starting on Monday,” said Klopp.
