Jurgen Klopp fires warning as FIFA ban Liverpool's Brazilian players

Jurgen Klopp has urged for a swift solution to Liverpool vs Brazil row that is damaging the club's current campaign. The Merseyside club have been told by FIFA they cannot play Alisson Becker,Fabinho and Roberto Firmino in Sunday's clash at Leeds United after refusing to release the trio for international duty this month due to coronavirus quarantine regulations. Therefore, Klopp has warned the issue could become even worse unless it is addressed as soon as possible.

"It's a really difficult situation," said Liverpool boss. "It's really tricky for all the clubs and players especially because we shouldn't forget the players wanted to play those games and the clubs wanted to let the players go, but it was just not possible.   "We obviously have to play the World Cup qualifiers, so either we say teams like Brazil and Argentina are qualified and let them go and in Europe the same for some teams, or the only other solution is an exemption from the Government.   "I can understand why some people would say 'I cannot travel, but they (footballers) are allowed to travel', but just let me describe again the life we live. We live in bubbles. It's home, training ground, training ground, home. Done.   "Then when they (the players) move to the national teams, as far as we know they are in a bubble as well. We are not part of normal life. That's why it has worked really well, the European Championships worked quite well in the summer.   "Football clubs very often have exemptions so far and that didn't lead to any spread because we get tested three times a week.   "At one point somebody has to make a decision otherwise we move the problem from one international break to the next.   "We cannot decide that, obviously. But it's not all right that only the players and clubs get punished for it. At the moment, we cannot play the players."

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