Reds boss Jurgen Klopp provides Liverpool team news ahead of Leeds United opener

LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp will make a late call on his match-day 18 for Saturday's hosting of Leeds United with Jordan Henderson, Xherdan Shaqiri and Kostas Tsimikas looking "more promising than not."
By Lee Sobot
Published 11th Sep 2020, 20:27 GMT
Updated 11th Sep 2020, 20:30 GMT
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Midfielder and Reds captain Henderson missed Liverpool's final four games of last season with a knee issue while Shaqiri (knock) and Tsimikas (ill) have also had problems of late.

Tsimikas, signed from Olympiacos for £11.75m last month, was left out of Greece's squad for their UEFA Nations League fixture against Slovenia as a precautionary measure after illness.

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Klopp, though, provided a positive update when asked about the trio with the Reds boss anticipating that several players who could have been involved will have to miss out as part of naming a seven-man bench with the club's internationals having also returned.

'PROMISING': Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, top, looks on as his Reds are put through their paces at Melwood this week with captain Jordan Henderson, right, back in full training. Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images.'PROMISING': Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, top, looks on as his Reds are put through their paces at Melwood this week with captain Jordan Henderson, right, back in full training. Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images.
'PROMISING': Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, top, looks on as his Reds are put through their paces at Melwood this week with captain Jordan Henderson, right, back in full training. Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images.

Asked about the possibility of Henderson, Shaqiri and Tsimikas featuring against Leeds, Klopp said: "Not finally decided yet.

“They are all in training pretty much, all of them. So we will make late decisions about that, but it looks rather promising than not.

“But we have in the moment a lot of players available, here in training. They all came back now, so not all of them will be involved even if they could be involved, that’s the situation.”

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also picked up a knee injury in the club's pre-season trip to Austria while former Whites youngster James Milner is in line to make his 150th Liverpool league appearance for the Reds.

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