Liverpool have a fixture clash to deal with.
Liverpool’s fixture list next month is congested leading to the club being required to play two games in two days.
The team’s reward for winning the Champions League was entry to the FIFA World Club Cup in Qatar next month.
This has been complicated by the Reds’ reaching the Carabao Cup quarter-finals – which have been scheduled one day earlier.
The senseless scheduling from the competition organisers puts Liverpool in an impossible spot.
The Mail report Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp does not plan to be in attendance for the game.
He will be in Qatar with assistant Pep Ljinders and will send under-23 boss Neil Critchley in his place.
The Reds have a tough fixture against an Aston Villa side who took them to the limit in the Premier League last time out.
Liverpool’s first team stars will also be in Qatar.
This is a snub to the Carabao Cup, and it’s totally deserved because of the impossible situation the schedule makers have put Liverpool in.
Some young Liverpool players will potentially miss out on the experience of the Qatar trip because they are needed for the cup game.
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