Klopp showed little inclination to include the troubled Italian in his squad, and Raiola lashed out at the Liverpool manager for disrespecting Balotelli, and not giving the striker an opportunity to impress during pre-season.
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He picked up an Achilles injury in pre-season before being sent home early from the USA tour due to concerns about his attitude.
France centre-back Sakho missed the final weeks of Liverpool’s season and then Euro 2016 after being given a provisional 30-day suspension for a failed drugs test in April.
“Now it is about making Mama fit – what he isn’t after this long time with suspension and injury – and we will see what happens”.
This leaves Sakho in a hard position, having spent four months on the sideline through suspension and injury.
“I’ve played alongside Lucas in a two in midfield in the past but he played as a centre-back against Arsenal”, Brannagan told Sky Sports. “Who am I? You don’t have to gain my trust”, he said.
“It’s a situation I spoke about”. He didn’t play football for a long time, he needs to play football. “Then you think how can you get match time?” “It is hard. You hope people stay fit – maybe not for Mama’s sake – but for the team”.
Jurgen Klopp insists out-of-favour defender Mamadou Sakho doesn’t have to regain his trust – but believes it will take time for the Frenchman to make any return to the Liverpool team.
“The situation is you have to make decisions and you have to prepare the situation after the window closes”. That is what I did.
“I’m not silly enough to forget good performances and things like this but in the end we will see what will happen”.
“After playing for us he went straight into the first-team squad for the game against Spurs”, Beale said.
Jurgen Klopp has reacted to being called a “piece of sh*t” and a “bad trainer” by Mino Raiola. Asked how upset he was by the criticism, Liverpool’s manager replied: “0.0”.
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“We did not isolate him”, he told reporters. “In the end, Mama knows, I know, and that’s enough”. “It is a free world so he can say what he wants, no problem”.
