Zidane sidesteps talk of Neymar Real move
‘SALAH CAN COPE WITH TOUGH SCHEDULE’
Jurgen Klopp insists Mohamed Salah won’t lose focus despite the increased demands on the Liverpool star at the climax of his record-breaking season.
Reds boss Klopp is frustrated that Salah had to fly to London to receive the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year award on Thursday, just hours after being presented with Liverpool’s own Player of the Year prize.
Salah, who is also the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year, has not managed to add to his 43 goals this season in the last three matches and looked tired in Liverpool’s defeat at Chelsea on Sunday.
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“It is not perfect and as a manager I would prefer he went home after work and put his legs up on the sofa watching a movie or going early to bed but he was early to bed, we organised it as good as possible,” said Klopp.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on Friday sidestepped talk of a bid for the world’s most expensive footballer Neymar. “I dont know, I don’t think so. What we are thinking about at the moment is the Champions League final,” Zidane said when asked about a possible move for the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil star.
It’s ”normal that people talk, but I am not going there, because we are focusing on the season.”
Pushed about whether Neymar would fit in to the Real setup and would be compatible with Cristiano Ronaldo, Zidane said, “the good ones are always compatible.”