Jurgen Klopp sends warning to Liverpool squad after Luis Diaz signing

Jurgen Klopp has warned his Liverpool squad that no player is indispensable with competition for places stronger than ever at Anfield.

The Reds have been riddled with injuries since winning the Premier League in 2020, losing the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Joel Matip and Jordan Henderson to season-ending injuries last year before finding themselves regularly depleted in midfield during the current campaign.

Such a shortage of numbers was not aided by a Covid-19 outbreak within the club before the festive period and Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita’s mid-season departure to the Africa Cup of Nations.

However, after Harvey Elliott, Thiago Alcantara and Divock Origi’s return to training this week, Klopp finds himself in a situation where Liverpool’ s squad could be injury-free in the not-too-distant future.

And after signing Luis Diaz from FC Porto last month, and ahead of Salah and Mane’s return to the AXA Training Centre next week after the Africa Cup of Nations final, Klopp has admitted some of his big names could find themselves in unfamiliar substitute roles over the second half of the season and beyond.

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