Liverpool are repeating the same odd sentence when asked about Mamadou Sakho’s future, again and again.
When questioned if the centre-back could feature during this pre-season, Klopp told the Echo: “First of all he needs to get 100% fit and then we will see.”
In September last year, the manager said the same thing, despite Sakho spending the entire summer uploading training snaps of his continual fitness work – as he has this.
In 2016, Klopp claimed: “Of course he’s closer…. He’s still working, but being match fit is a big difference, that’s all.”
It’s abundantly clear though that Klopp has no intention of using Sakho and wants him out of the club at the nearest possible opportunity.
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Not only was he loaned to Crystal Palace last season despite our continual defensive problems, having not made a single match-day squad, but Liverpool have offered him to every club in Europe this time around – providing someone stumps up £30m.
The issue is not his fitness, and we’d be surprised if it was solely that Sakho missed a fitness test and was late for a flight. Whatever the issue is though, we’re not sure if we’ll hear about it until the Frenchman permanently leaves and speaks out – as the club are perhaps sensibly refusing to wash dirty laundry in public.