Stan Collymore believes Liverpool need to sign a midfielder in January amid concerns of Naby Keita’s injury problems.
The 26-year-old limped out of Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Brighton on Saturday after just 20 minutes with a hamstring injury.
Keita now joins the likes of Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara, James Milner, and Harvey Elliott on the treatment table with Jurgen Klopp short in midfield ahead of a jam-packed festive fixture schedule.
Liverpool could look to address their problems when the January transfer opens and Collymore believes Keita’s injury concerns need acting on if they want to avoid falling further behind league leaders Chelsea.
‘Naby, I’m worried, I’ve got to be honest,’ former Reds striker Collymore told Empire of the Kop.
‘On Empire of the Kop this season, there’s nobody that’s batted for him more than me but the questions I keep getting back from people when I see the videos posted on social media are: “Stan, we have to wrap him in cotton wool”, “Stan, he’s like glass”, “Stan, he doesn’t play the requisite amount of games because of injury” and he’s injured again.
‘The central hub of Liverpool’s midfield now needs every one of the technical staff, every one of the recruitment staff, to look at it and say: “Is there an argument that we need to bring somebody in, in midfield?”
‘I believe the answer to the argument is yes. Don’t now let this three point gap to Chelsea become six or nine because you haven’t addressed those issues.’
Following the draw with Brighton, Klopp confirmed he did not expect Keita to be involved in Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
‘He told me, he showed me [the]…
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