It is different football to what he is used to but he is improving already with big steps
Jurgen Klopp
“It is about players understanding the position and who else is available as well – otherwise Fabinho would have been involved in the squad, as he was in the first week,” he told Liverpool's official website.
“That is it. It is different football to what he is used to but he is improving already with big steps.
"I can see that in the sessions and that is cool.”
Klopp also refused to rush Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andy Robertson into the starting XI when they joined from Arsenal and Hull in recent times.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has explained Fabinho's absence (Image: Getty)
And the German admits Fabinho can use Robertson as an example of how fortunes can change on Merseyside.
“You see Andy Robertson running around here at Melwood now and he’s a completely different person to the one who was here in the first three months," Klopp added.
"That’s how it is, but everything will be fine.
“Fabinho is used to playing at a high level in France.
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