Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has ruled out a January move for Joe Gomez, who has played just 341 mins of soccer this season.
The 24-year-vintage was the Reds' first-choice valuable defender along Virgil van Dijk, but a extended spell out of the team due to a knee tendon injury has seen Gomez slip down the pecking order.
Joel Matip has been Liverpool's preferred alternative this season, at the same time as the club brought to their ranks inside the summer by means of signing Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £36m - absolute confidence a result of the plague of accidents that affected the club during 2020/21.
Nat Phillips is also a longtime choice, although he may additionally go away the membership in January after Klopp formerly indicated that he could stand in his manner ought to he desire to seek normal football.
The identical can't be said for Gomez, even though, who 90min found out in October is concerned about his sporadic appearances due to the fact they will come to be costing him a place in England's squad for next iciness's World Cup in Qatar.
Speaking in his state-of-the-art press convention, beforehand of the Premier League recreation with Newcastle at Anfield, Klopp dominated out a January go out for Gomez after admitting he'd had a difficult 12 months.
"It become manifestly now not the high-quality 12 months for him, however that's how it goes," Klopp said of Gomez. "We are patient, and Joe is patient.
"I haven't any plans to present everybody on mortgage within the wintry weather."
90min has found out that Gomez has made his emotions recognized to Klopp approximately his loss of mins - something he previously did in 2019 earlier than setting up himself as a key determine within the aspect - but isn't actively searching for a move far from Liverpool. Instead, he wants greater of an opportunity to prove he's the proper man to companion Van Dijk in defence.
Klopp additionally answered questions about the health of Roberto Firmino and Curtis Jones, confirming the duo are each back in education after injury, and stated his, and the membership's, ongoing issues around Covid-19, revealing eligible gamers in his squad had already obtained their booster vaccination.
