The Liverpool team news for Champions League final is looking a little hairy, it has to be said.
Fabinho hasn’t kicked a ball for Liverpool since the victory at Aston Villa earlier in May, though there’s optimism that he’ll be available to face Real Madrid this weekend in Paris.
However, Thiago Alcantara is now a massive injury concern after coming off injured midway through Sunday’s victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp admitting afterwards that he didn’t know the severity yet.
One player who ‘definitely‘ won’t be facing Carlo Ancelotti’s side is Divock Origi.
The Belgium international missed the victory over Wolves through injury and Klopp said after the game, as quoted by the club’s official website, that he has no chance of being involved.
With the 26-year-old leaving Liverpool this summer, that’ll mean Origi has already pulled on a Reds shirt for the last time without knowing it at the time.
This is a player who played a prominent role in some massive moments for the Merseysiders, including a Champions League final goal in 2019, after also scoring twice in that win over Barcelona in the previous round.
Not to mention countless other Premier League games when the big man has popped up with an important goal out of nowhere.
Here’s how Jamie Carragher reacted to the news that he won’t be involved this weekend, telling Sky Sports yesterday: “He’s had moments, huge moments in his Liverpool career. He’s been involved in things, special things in the club and he played his part.”
Overall, the early Liverpool team news for Champions League final has some positives and negatives.
But supporters of the Anfield outfit will certainly be disappointed that the former Lille hitman will not get the swansong that he absolutely deserves.
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