The Liverpool boss has declared that any player at risk of being forced into quarantine will NOT be allowed to play in World Cup qualifying games during the international break at the end of March. “I think everyone agrees we cannot let the players go and play for their country and come back and quarantine for 10 days in a hotel, that is not how we can do it,” Klopp explained. Mane’s Senegal play in the Congo while Keita’s Guinea travel to Namibia, with both those nations on the red list. Under UK rules, even travelling through a country on the list, would require a quarantine period when returning. It has left many clubs with massive headaches, and the Liverpool manager insisted that the solution has to be simple: putting clubs first because they pay the players’ wages.

Source: Standard Digital March 03, 2021 17:41 UTC