Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp does not foresee that the ‘Reds’ will jump into the transfer market to strengthen the midfield despite Thiago Alcántara’s injury.
The Spanish international, who had to be substituted on Saturday in the match against Fulham (2-2), suffers from a hamstring injury and could be out for between four and six weeks. This injury further reduces the German coach’s options in midfield, as he cannot count on either Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or the young Curtis Jones due to physical problems.
The midfield was already pointed out as the club’s weakest area, but Klopp said the club would have already strengthened in that area if they had deemed it necessary.
“I am happy with the strength, the size and the quality of my squad. We have injuries. Now it is a question of how long the players will be out and there are different solutions,” Klopp said at the pre-match press conference on Monday. against Crystal Palace (7:00 p.m. GMT).
“One, and there are many, is the transfer market but that only makes sense if you can bring in the right player, not just any player,” he explained. “If the right solution was out there we would have done it by now.
The absence of the Spanish player could give minutes to Naby Keita, who according to the German coach, would already be available for Monday after an illness left him out of the Premier League debut.
The young Harvey Elliott, who renewed his commitment to the ‘Red’ club on Friday until 2027 and who already had minutes at Fulham or the veteran James Milner are two other options that could appear in the starting eleven due to Thiago’s injury.
