Reputed journalist Emanuele Giulianelli says Jurgen Klopp is desperate to land Hector in the transfer window as he is not fully satisfied with the abilities of Alberto Moreno.
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This came not long after his ban for a failed drugs test at the end of last season, which cost him a place in the France team for the European Championships.
Ojo, who netted once and recorded five assists in the previous campaign, revealed he “played within himself”. He’s smart, nice and amusing – I think that’s quite important because we’re together so much every day so if there’s a boring guy around it makes not too much sense and he’s the opposite!
But Klopp has yet to make up his mind on whether the England Under-19 worldwide will play a role in the squad across the 2016-17 campaign.
“So it’s very good, and he feels really good in this team”.
However, the promising winger wanted to get back to work as soon as possible and flew out to California to join the Liverpool squad at their base in Palo Alto.
Ojo is now on his second preseason tour with Liverpool after he was included in then-manager Brendan Rodgers’ team who travelled to the Far East and Australia 12 months ago.
Sakho has been linked with Italian giants Roma, but the defender’s agent is clear he is still a Liverpool player and insisted at present the Giallorossi do not have a chance of signing his client.
“There are a lot of great players in this squad”.
MORE: Get TREBLE the odds on any sports bet. “I need to make sure that if I get opportunities, I take them”.
“I want to try to make an impact in every game”.
“I am just going to keep my head down, keep working hard”.
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Glenn is ESPN FC’s Liverpool correspondent.
