Roberto Firmino has been linked with Juventus as he enters the last year of his contract while Alisson and Diogo Jota are out of the Community Shield
Jürgen Klopp has said Roberto Firmino is “the heart and soul” of Liverpool and essential to his plans for the coming season, despite uncertainty over the striker’s long-term future.
The 30-year-old has entered the final 12 months of his contract and reports in Italy have claimed he is a £20m transfer target for Juventus.have secured Mohamed Salah on a lucrative new three-year contract and sold Sadio Mané to Bayern Munich but doubt continues to surround Firmino’s position.
Liverpool face Manchester City in Saturday’s Community Shield at the King Power Stadium, where they will be without the first-choice goalkeeper Alisson and striker Diogo Jota through injury. Alisson has not featured in pre-season since the friendly defeat by Manchester United on 12 July but has resumed training and is expected to start the Premier League opener at Fulham on 6 August. Adrián will start against City because the second-choice keeper Caoimhín Kelleher is also injured.
Klopp said: “Alisson and Diogo have no chance [for Saturday]. Ali trained today more than the day before so he will be definitely available for Fulham, but not for the weekend. And the same for Diogo. Diogo was not here with us [in a pre-season training camp in Austria] so how could he play a football game? That will take a while unfortunately.”
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