(Reuters) - Philippe Coutinho will be left out of Liverpool's squad for Saturday's Premier League trip to Manchester City, with manager Juergen Klopp saying the Brazilian needs training time to make up for his disrupted pre-season. Coutinho, who has not played for Liverpool so far this season due a back injury, submitted a transfer request after the club received and rejected bids for him from Barcelona during the transfer window. We now have seven games in the next three weeks," Klopp told a news conference on Friday. He could have played 15-20 minutes for us again in the City game, maybe longer, but I think it makes sense." And now we should use the situation with a wonderful player in our squad who wants to get fit and play for this club."

Source: The Star September 08, 2017 13:07 UTC