The German manager said Liverpool “are prepared” if the circumstances arise to make signings in winter, but he is adamant it is not a priority as players return from fitness improve his options.
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The French global defender suffered a knee injury during the Merseyside club’s home loss to Crystal Palace on 8 November.
Victory over West Brom on Sunday would move Liverpool to within three points of fourth placed Manchester United. He had his first session with the team and if nothing happens, he has to go on and carry on with training.
With Flanagan, Sakho and Henderson on the mend, Klopp feels no need to dip too deeply in the January transfer kitty. We have 24 hours always at work.
“Not much happened in the game and it was hard to leave an impression but he offers so much down the left hand side”.
“But we don’t know if players we get will do it better”.
“We can’t talk about it every week”, the Liverpool manager said. “I’ve seen “incurable” written, I’ve seen that I’ll be in pain for the rest of my career, which isn’t true”.
The return of Coutinho from his hamstring problem will help that and after defeat at Newcastle a week ago it is imperative they bounce back against the Baggies, who have scored just four times on the road this season. If we need something, we will do it. No one should be in doubt we are prepared for any situation. We have problems sometimes maybe with concentration and maybe with other things… but we don’t know if the next player we can get will do it better.
Or it could be for real- I guess we’ll find out in January.
Klopp said: “At the moment he is doing aerobic training”.
Jurgen Klopp’s side had already progressed so the German handed starts to the likes of Kolo Toure, Divock Origi and young left-back Brad Smith against opponents who required a point to confirm their own qualification for the last 32.
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“We will see how important it [first place] is – there are a lot of good teams in second place and also teams from the Champions League. I am not like this, sorry!”. While Sturridge is always risky when he’s on the pitch, even after long stretches on the sidelines, his absences seem to be getting longer and his availability shorter.
