Liverpool's transfer plans revealed after Thiago injury
Robin Bairner
- 7 Aug 2022 13:25 BST
- 3 min read
Liverpool lost influential midfielder Thiago Alcantara due to injury during their opening Premier League match of the season against Fulham, but manager Jurgen Klopp insists the blow will not change his transfer plans.
The Reds were held to a 2-2 draw by the newly promoted side at Craven Cottage on Saturday, and though new signing Darwin Nunez caught the eye with a second goal in as many competitive matches, it was noted that Liverpool lacked depth in midfield.
This was made evident on Saturday, when Klopp lost Thiago early in the second half because of a hamstring injury. With Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Curtis Jones missing, the manager turned to Harvey Elliott to come off the bench, with James Milner the only natural replacement otherwise on the bench.
The former Dortmund coach, though, has said there is no need for his club to be drawn into a panic buy.
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Speaking after the draw, Klopp said: “I know what will now come up, it's clear. We said we don't need a midfielder because we have enough - and we actually have enough, but the problem now is we get punished for something that is not our responsibility really because things like this can happen.
“Nobody could imagine that Curtis gets the thing he gets; it is nothing serious but he is a young boy and it is a kind of stress reaction. Bodies are like this. Naby is only ill and he will now be back definitely next week again. Oxlade happened early and now with Thiago that is, of course, not good and we will see.
"Look, a transfer must make sense now and in the long term; we have midfielders, we have still enough midfielders. It is not that we lack midfielders, but it's just some of them are injured.
"This is not a good situation, I don't like it at all, but we have to see how we react on that - but for sure not panicking."
Liverpool have signed three players this summer: Darwin Nunez from Benfica, Fabio Carvalho from Fulham and Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen.
