Not even for next to nothing: Liverpool prefer not to buy unvaccinated players | Football

sport">“At the moment we are not in the process of signing players, but vaccination status will certainly play a role. If a player is not vaccinated, he is a constant threat to all of us,” said the German. “From an organizational point of view, it’s going to be a mess. If you really want to follow the protocols closely, it is very difficult to have players who are not vaccinated. They must immediately be in isolation if someone becomes infected. So of course that’s going to play a big role in transfers. We are not going to build a complex for unvaccinated players. Hopefully that won’t be necessary either.”

sport">Managers Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa) and Patrick Vieira (Crystal Palace) have previously said that the vaccination status of players will now play a role in the transfer policy of their clubs. In the English league, many clubs have to deal with infections within their selection due to the emergence of the omicron variant. As a result, a large number of matches in the Premier League had to be canceled in recent days.

sport">At Liverpool, Virgil van Dijk, among others, went into quarantine this week after a suspicious test result. Without the captain of Orange, Klopp’s team won 3-1 against Newcastle United on Thursday. The corona problems have been much greater with Sunday’s opponent. Tottenham Hotspur has already had to miss three games due to infections.

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