Boost for Liverpool: Klopp to welcome back £150,000 p/w ‘superstar’ for Newcastle game¦
With Diogo Jota in goal against Burnley on Boxing Day, Liverpool’s squad could be strengthened when we take to the field again. Paul Joyce of The Times reported that Alexis MacAllister is expected to return “around the time” the Reds host Newcastle at Anfield on New Year’s Day, having been sidelined for the past three weeks with a knee injury sustained in an accident. win at Sheffield United earlier this month. If the 25-year-old is fit enough to play against the Magpies next Monday, his return to action would be perfectly timed, as Wataru Endo – a man who has held the defensive midfield position superbly in the Argentine’s absence – is due for the. Asian Cup in the next two weeks. The £150,000-a-week World Cup winner (Capology), described by Joe Cole as a “superstar” (TNT Sports), struck at an inopportune time, having just scored his first goal for Liverpool against Fulham. Before that, he received a six-match ban for the Reds. Even if Mac Allister doesn’t make it to the Newcastle game, we’ll still have Endo for the game before he heads to Japan. That may be on Jürgen Klopp’s mind when he chooses a starting position on New Year’s Day. The ex-Brighton midfielder returns next week and Andy Robertson and Thiago Alcantara could return to Bournemouth on January 21st (Premier Injuries), so there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel at last. As for LFC, they have an almost fully fit squad available.