Jurgen Klopp is hopeful Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Joe Gomez will be able to return for Liverpool’s pre-season schedule.
Jurgen Klopp said: “It is not my decision [for the Euros] but to be honest the information I have in the moment is that it will be unlikely. So it is not that I don’t let them go, because I don’t want to have to do that any way, it is because of the extent of the injuries. We all hope they will be ready to start pre-season with us, that’s what we all hope. With Joel it is pretty much the same. These are really serious injuries and it is now not about talking about which competition they play. As far as I know – and I am always open for positive surprises and they all of a sudden turn up in team training but no-one told me that. The two of them (Van Dijk and Gomez) look better than Joel as he is still in what looks like ski boots. Joe is not running. Virgil is already running but this is a real tough one. We will be completely over the moon when they are ready to train with us for the start of pre-season but the Euros I didn’t think about it. When do you have to be back to be ready to play in the Euros? The week before? The day the Euros start? I don’t know. I understand maybe the need of that but we cannot make this decision and we will not. They will be fit when they are fit.”
