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Jurgen Klopp says he doesn’t have enough players to rotate his Liverpool squad against Ajax, and Thiago Alcantara will be out until 2021.
Klopp added that former Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago will be out until the new year with a knee injury.
“I don’t have enough players to prioritize,” Klopp said.
“It’s not about the competition, it’s about the players. On Saturday, the fittest players played.
“It’s not a perfect situation, but obviously not enough people want to offer us any help. [with the fixture scheduling], not only for us but for [all] soccer people. We just have to deal with it. ”
Thiago has not played since he was injured in a challenge from Richarlison in a 2-2 draw against Everton on October 17.
Captain Jordan Henderson is fit, but Klopp confirmed that along with Thiago, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Milner, Xherdan Shaqiri, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Naby Keita are still out of action.
“Thiago, maybe we need to clear it up a bit,” Klopp said.
“That day that Thiago was injured in that challenge in the Everton game, there was another serious injury [to Virgil van Dijk, who suffered cruciate knee ligament damage].
“After the scans, it was like one was really bad news, and the other was really good news because nothing broke, nothing broke and things like that.
“But as we realize now, it was still a massive impact on the knee. I can’t say exactly when it will be okay, but it will take a few weeks.”
Liverpool will qualify from Group D if they avoid defeat to Ajax and will be group champions if they win and Atalanta fail to beat Midtjylland.
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