Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Liverpool will not stand in Nat Phillips’ way of leaving the club in January and that he doesn’t expect his injury to scupper any potential exit either. The centre-back was a standout performer for the Reds in midweek as they ran out 2-1 winners over AC Milan at the San Siro, but suffered a fractured cheekbone in the game which will see him sidelined for a number of weeks.
Jurgen Klopp said: “I’m very happy that Nat is here, to be honest, but we will not block anything I think. It’s not the plan at all but who knows what happens until January. It’s not the luckiest moment for this but by the end of January he will be completely fine, definitely. Probably in the middle of January, I don’t know exactly. We will see everything will be completely fine. It’s not complicated, it’s just not cool. We will see what it does mean exactly but in the long term it’s no problem because everything will be fine for Nat, definitely.”
