Monday, 30 January 2017

 Sakho speaks out over row with Klopp


Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has lifted the lid over his falling out with Jurgen Klopp that saw him exiled from the first-team squad.
The France international angered Klopp on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States where he turned up late to sessions more than once.
Subsequently, he was sent home from the trip and hasn’t played for the first-team at Anfield during this campaign.
Instead, Sakho has been forced to train and play with the under-23 side with the Reds reportedly keen to move him on before the end of the January transfer window.
“It is true that I turned up late. There was a rule that I should have observed. I do not at all see myself as above the rules, I respect everyone.
“I paid my fine, I was sanctioned, I apologised to my team-mates and my manager,” Sakho told Canal Football Club.
“Aside from that… I do not want to go into the controversies.”
Sakho is fit and ready if he gets a move before the deadline with Southampton and Ligue 1 side Nice both being linked with the centre-back.
“I work a lot, I have the chance to train with the reserve team , which allows me to keep up. And beside that I have my trainer. So I work a lot to stay on top of my game,” Sakho added.
However, he has ruled out a move to Marseille due to the club’s rivalry with fellow French outfit Paris Saint-Germain.
“Since I started this incredible adventure abroad, in terms of football but also in terms of my family, because when I see my children speaking English I think it is a glorious thing that I have been able to give them,” Sakho continued.
“I think I have a few more wonderful years to experience abroad first. And PSG, why not, but afterwards.
“I think Marseille have a very good team. Bafé (Gomis) and Pat (Evra) are friends of mine. But my answer to this might remind certain people about a song. When there is PSG, Sakho is with them.”

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