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Publication date: Saturday, September 19, 2020 9:23 AM
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is not worried about keeping his players happy after the signing of Thiago Alcantara further increased competition in midfield.
Once the £ 20 million newcomer is up to speed, he is likely to be one of the first options for a spot in the middle of the park, and as Klopp has insisted, no player has to leave to accommodate the 29-year-old. that goes away. something like a riddle.
When everyone is fit, he will have eight players competing for three places, but the Reds boss believes it will be necessary with the schedule that awaits them this season.
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“They can’t all play at the same time, that’s true, but you can’t keep just one player happy. I’m not worried about that, ”said Klopp, who late on Friday also saw a £ 41m deal for Wolves forward Diogo Jota.
“If we have more than three midfielders, for example, and we play 4-3-3, then a couple of players won’t start or come in, that’s always the case.
“Some do not have the opportunity to enter and that is the squad for a day, that’s right.
“But my job is to show the players how important they are at almost all times.
“In training, in the line-up, on the bench, or a week later in the same situation.
“I cannot prepare for a normal season when a season is not normal. That just doesn’t work.
“If everyone is fit, rotation is absolutely necessary because otherwise it doesn’t work.
“We just have to try to make sure we can deal with this situation. So yes, I want my players happy, but we can’t make them happy. They are a big part of that too. “
Having been pushed all the way by Premier League newcomers Leeds last weekend, Liverpool will head to Chelsea on Sunday for another tough exam.
Thiago’s paperwork was registered in the Premier League in time for the Spanish international to be included in the team of the day and the two teams meet less than two months after Liverpool’s 5-3 win on the night that they were awarded the Premier League trophy at Anfield.
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Despite that loss, Chelsea clinched a spot in the top four and having spent nearly £ 240 million this summer, Frank Lampard’s team is expected to close the 33-point gap from last season.
Klopp, however, insists that it is premature to turn this contest into something other than what it is.
“It’s too early (to say it’s a title contender game) because it’s not about what we should achieve with the teams we have and things like that,” added the German, whose backroom staff were involved in a fight with Lampard. in July. .
“You don’t become a contender for the title because of the players you have or because of your name, you become a contender for the title because of the way you play football and this has to develop.
“That’s nothing I think about for a second. What I know about Chelsea is that I have been in England for five years and all the games with different coaches are always incredibly difficult because they are a good team.
“They lost two players to Pedro and Willian, who are really decisive players, but they have brought in some really good players and we all know it.
“I hope they do very well and I hope we do very well too. It’s not about contender versus contender, it’s about two soccer teams making sure they can get to a position where other people can call them title contenders.
“There was not a year that Chelsea v Liverpool was not seen, before the game, as a top game and now we have to make sure that people see it too when they see it.”
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