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Stan Collymore: Why Liverpool should bring back Mamadou Sakho
LIVERPOOL legend Stan Collymore says Reds manager Jurgen Klopp may reconsider Mamadou Sakho's exile from the first team.
Mamadou Sakho's hilarious GoPro tour of Alcatraz
Liverpool lost 4-3 to Bournemouth yesterday despite twice being two goals up.
Sakho has not played a game for the Reds this season after being sent home by Klopp from their USA tour in the summer.
But Collymore thinks Klopp should consider bringing the France international back into the side.
Klopp said last week that Sakho ruled out the 26-year-old returning to the first team.
“He is not in these plans for the first team,” said Klopp.
"Once again this actual first-team squad is in this dressing room, from this point of view nobody will be sold.
“But do you really think I would have said Sakho will not be sold in winter? Nothing has changed.”
Mamadou Sakho has not played for Liverpool all season
Sakho has been consigned to reserve appearances this season
Sakho (left) was sent home from Liverpool's USA tour
I do think the keepers are an issue
"For the central defensive two, I just wonder if Jurgen may be thinking of not yet getting rid of Sakho you know," Collymore told Boylesports.
"Great ball player he may not be but he’s one of the top two or three box-reactive defenders in the league and again, maybe if he were on duty today, his leadership and “ye shall not pass” attitude may have made a difference."
Loris Karius was at fault for Bournemouth's winner as the goalkeeper spilled a shot at goalscorer Nathan Ake's feet.
Jurgen Klopp's men lost 4-3 to Bournemouth yesterday
Karius was signed this summer as competition for Simon Mignolet, who himself earned the No 1 spot at Liverpool when Pepe Reina departed.
And Collymore is concerned Klopp still hasn't found the right solution between the sticks.
"I do think the keepers are an issue and it’s an area where Liverpool haven’t really been strong since Pepe Reina, and possibly, possibly, (Bruce) Grobbelaar before that," he said.
"So it seems something of an Achilles heel for the Reds which needs addressing pronto as Karius gifted the winner to Ake, where a better and more confident keeper makes the save and Liverpool at least go away with a point, a point that may be crucial at the end of the season."
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