Kop could fly Samba duo straight to Spain
LIVERPOOL are considering jetting Alisson and Fabinho directly from Brazil to Spain to ensure they can play against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
They know it is virtually impossible to fly the duo back to face
Watford in tomorrow’s lunchtime game at Vicarage Road because their World Cup qualifier with Uruguay kicked off at 1.30am today.
The qualifier was in Manaus and Fabinho says the Reds are investigating the possibility of jetting him and Alisson to the Spanish capital to avoid their
10- day hotel quarantine in the UK.
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Liverpool’s plan at a Brazil press conference before the Uruguay game, saying: “I believe the match against Watford will be very hard for us, I don’t think either of us will play.
“With all of what is involved, including travel, I don’t know how much time we will have between one game and the other.
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“We will also need to quarantine, but the club is still studying whether it is better to go straight to Spain to play Atletico and quarantine there, without staying in a hotel in England.”
Brazil coach Tite ruled out releasing his nine Premier League players before the Uruguay game, even though his team top the South America qualifying group and are virtual certainties to make it to Qatar.
Watford also refused Liverpool’s request to put tomorrow’s kick- off back to 7.45pm to give Fabinho and Alisson more time to return.
But Trent AlexanderArnold should return after from his groin injury and Diogo Jota will be available, despite being sent back early by Portugal because he had a muscle problem.