It appears it’s all systems go for the Tottenham Hotspur matchup against Liverpool. Spurs aren’t out of the forest yet with their COVID-19 cases, as manager Antonio Conte recently practiced using mannequins.
However, Liverpool is dealing with their positive cases as Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, and Curtis Jones will miss the matchup.
Nonetheless, manager Jürgen Klopp took a shot at Tottenham and Manchester United for their lack of transparency with their cases. Klopp stated he has concerns about not knowing the players who tested positive for the virus.
“I have no idea if Manchester United… I heard a number of players, but I have no idea who the players are; I have no idea who had the virus at Tottenham,” Klopp said where talkSPORT relayed his remarks. “I don’t know if it’s necessary to know who if it’s necessary to know how many. But knowing nothing in a really public world is quite strange.
“We have no information about Tottenham. I have no idea if they train since today, from tomorrow, or since a week. I have really no idea. It’s difficult to get any kind of information which is part of a preparation for a game.”
Klopp continued by saying that he understands that revealing the names of those who have tested positive is sensitive information but adds that exchanging the details regarding a player’s status is helpful.
“I know it’s difficult because one is a pandemic and the other one is an individual injury, but still we have to find a way to get through all this,” Klopp said.
“And I really think the exchange of information is pretty helpful because I think all the misleading and wrong information misleads a lot of people. So that’s just a problem. Just say how it is and then carry on from there.
Tottenham has had their last two Premier League matches postponed. Spurs also needed to postpone their UEFA Conference League matchup against Stade Rennais, which remains up in the air, and as the 2021 calendar ends, it seems the match will be forfeited.