Liverpool coach, German Jürgen Klopp, admitted, on Tuesday, that the return of the team’s defense tycoon,
Dutch Virgil van Dyck, who is recovering from a serious knee injury this season, would be a “miracle”.
“No doctor has told me that Virgil will play again this season. I don’t want to say it’s impossible, but it’s not likely,”
Klopp said on the eve of his team’s match against Brighton in the Premier League.
“We have a place for him to register him in the Champions League list. If we find a place for him in the Premier
League list, we will add him to it,” he added.
He continued, “If there is no place for him, then we must make a decision. If he is on the list because we hope for
a miracle.”
Liverpool suffered from injuries, especially in its defensive line, where Joe Gomez is absent until the end of
the season before the German coach confirmed the absence of Cameroonian Joel Matip until the end of
the season also after his injury was repeated recently.
Liverpool was forced to strengthen its ranks in this streak by contracting Preston defender Ben Davis and
German defender Schalke, Turkish Ouzan Kabak on loan until the end of the current season.
Klopp revealed, “At the present time we are playing in the absence of 4 players occupying the center of defense,
one of whom will return next week and that is Fabinho, who is basically a midfielder.”
He continued, “There are solutions now and more options. It is an essential opportunity for the players
(Davis and Capac) and for us as well.”
Liverpool is currently third in the league, four points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a postponed match.
