Jurgen Klopp names seven Liverpool options at centre-back

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has named several players that could partner with Joe Gomez at center-half on Saturday against West Ham. The Reds are currently struggling with injuries as Virgil van Dijk is currently out with ACL injury, while Fabinho and Joel Matip are also out. Nat Phillips, Billy Koumetio and Rhys Williams are the options from the club’s youth system, and Klopp named four first-team players who can play in that position. “I know Nat [Phillips] the longest so I was really happy with this development. Since I know him he made big, big steps and is an exceptional character,” said Klopp. “I said it before that the little problem was that we were all convinced, how it looked all the time…there were a lot of clubs interested in him and in the end, maybe because of the coronavirus crisis, nobody had the money to do it but we expected him to leave the club, to be honest. “Thank God he didn’t, but that’s the reason why he is not in the Champions League squad, the only reason. “He cannot be on the bench in the Champions League but he is available for the Premier League like all three are and now I have to make a decision. “And we have still, obviously, other options like Hendo or Gini or James – or Robbo can play centre-half as well. They are all not smaller than Mascherano, for example, and he played pretty well in that position. “So yes, we have obviously still one or two options and one of them, we will choose. Which one, you have to switch on the television tomorrow night.” source - football365.com Join us on Telegram

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