Speaking to Liverpool’s official club website, Jurgen Klopp has given an update on Divock Origi’s fitness ahead of the Reds’ game against Newcastle.
Origi picked up an issue last week, meaning that he had to miss the Merseyside club’s win against Aston Villa over the weekend, and sadly, it seems as though he also won’t be able to play against the Magpies.
Indeed, Klopp named Origi amongst the players who will miss out on this one, claiming that he has an issue ahead of this game.
What’s Klopp said about Origi?
Klopp gave an update, and it contained some bad news about Origi.
“That leaves Harvey out obviously long term and Divock has a little issue, and Adrian obviously. So the rest should be fine,” Klopp said.
Awful timing
This is bad news for Liverpool simply because of the timing of this injury.
Origi was really threatening to stake a claim to be an important member of the Liverpool squad in the coming months. He’d scored winning goals against both Wolves and AC Milan in recent weeks, but now, it seems as though all of the wind has been taken out of his sails.
Origi may now find chances hard to come by – especially after Klopp stated that Roberto Firmino is back in contention to play against Newcastle.
We can only hope that Origi is able to pick up where he left off when he returns.
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