“The biggest problem for me in this moment is that Marko Grujic is in hospital, because he can’t remember anything”, he told the media.
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The pre-season preparations continued with a 1-0 win over old foes Liverpool in Pasadena, California, with the only goal being scored by Gary Cahill.
“I don’t think it was too hard”, he said, acknowledging that the manner of the game was “far away from a friendly” but that it was “okay” because “that’s why we are here”.
United are expected to wrap up a world record breaking transfer to Pogba imminently, with a fee slightly below £100m set to see the player who left Old Trafford for nothing four years ago make an expensive return. “I have many more years as a player in front of me”.
“Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players”.
“I have to build a group here and we’ve got to start new here”. Chelsea managed to overcome the Merseysiders despite the sending off of Cesc Fabregas for a late challenge on Ragnar Klavan, for which the Spaniard later visited the Liverpool dressing room to apologise. “We had no argument but I spoke – you can not argue when only one person is speaking”. “I just want everyone to get behind him, give him that chance”.
Klopp has had discussions with Milner, 30, about the possibility of being his utility man this season, and the player has reluctantly agreed to take on the role if needed.
Aside from those two, and the ten or so other players who have already left, the likes of Mario Balotelli, Luis Alberto, Christian Benteke, Andre Wisdom, Lazar Markovic and Lucas Leiva could all be in line for an Anfield departure this summer.
And I’m still friends with a lot of staff at the club. “The manager, the staff, and the fans”.
The German revealed that Sakho – who has only recently been cleared of a doping violation which he served a provisional suspension for – had broken team rules three times and now faces crunch talks to save his Liverpool career.
“In this period the fatigue can sometimes bring a bit of going too late”, he said.
“The way he goes about things, the way he lifts people, you can see how close he is to the players and you can see he’s very demanding on the training pitch as well.
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I’m looking forward to seeing how well they do this year”.
