Liverpool refuses to purchase players who are not vaccinated

DBasia.news – Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp, emphasized that vaccination status is an important part in recruiting players. The situation would become complicated if there are players who have not received a single dose of vaccine.

The new variant of Covid-19, Omricon, presents a new problem for English football. A number of Premier League matches have been postponed due to several players contracting Covid.

This condition is a special concern for Liverpool. In fact, the Reds have made the vaccine as one of the benchmarks in purchasing players.

“Yes, it will affect (player’s vaccine status), Let’s discuss the current situation. If the player is not vaccinated at all, he is always a threat to all of us,” Klopp said as reported by ESPN.

“Of course, he doesn’t want to be a threat and it’s not what he thinks. I don’t care about that.”

The English Football League recently announced that 25% of players from 72 clubs has no intention of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

“So we had to come up with different scenarios. They had to change clothes in a different room, eat in a different room, sit in a different bus or car. From an organizational point of view, it was messy.”

The latest data confirms that the Premier League’s vaccination rate in mid-October was 81%, at least the first dose. Meanwhile, 68% for the double dose vaccine.

“If you really want to follow protocol, it would be challenging to do. If someone is around someone who has Covid-19, he or she will be isolated. If we have to travel to our country to play international football, then we have to self-isolate, of course, it has an effect.”

“So, we have to do extra development for players who are not vaccinated. Hopefully it will not be needed in the future,” explained the former Borussia Dortmund tactician.

Previously, the Tottenham Hotspur coach, Antonio Conte, admitted that he could not force his players to get vaccinated. In fact, vaccines are one of the best ways to ward off Covid-19.