Klopp provides update on Liverpool's injuries and transfer status
Jürgen Klopp has provided an update on Liverpool's injury situation and status in the transfer market.
The Reds boss held a press conference at the AXA Training Centre on Friday afternoon to preview his side's Premier League meeting with AFC Bournemouth.
Read on to see what Klopp had to say about the condition of the players currently sidelined and the club's approach before the transfer window closes on September 1.
Have you got any positive news on the injury front? Are you likely to get anybody back this weekend?
This weekend probably not but after that Joel, Curtis, Thiago is not too far away, Diogo is getting closer, Caoimhin will be in training, I think, early next week as well. So yeah, positive news but I don't think anybody will be ready for tomorrow.
There was kind of a hint that if a deal were to present itself, you might be able to do something in the transfer window before the deadline. Do you see any chance of that deal presenting itself and it making sense to move and add to your squad before the deadline?
I don't know. We are actually working constantly on these kind of things. We spoke about the reasons why sometimes if it's not happening – sometimes too expensive, sometimes not the right player but then situation changed, stuff like this. But one thing stays important, really important: it needs to be the right player. We are working but we will see if something will happen or not. I don't know.
You didn't mention Naby with the players who were close to coming back – have you got an update on his situation? And when you talk about the right player, does the right player change when the injuries arrive or is it always the same sort of criteria?
It must not be the same player but it must still be the right player. So some players are just not available, that's how it is. If we can do something or if we will do something, then we are 100 per cent convinced about it. If we are not convinced, then we don't do it. So that's the situation. Naby will not be ready for the weekend, of course not. We still need to have a look exactly how long it will take. It's a muscle and it's not 100 per cent clear, but [he] will not be in for the next week.