George Priestman reports for LiverpoolWorld covering team news and key quotes from Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool press conference.
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00:00 This is George Priestman for Liverpool World reporting live from Liverpool's training centre in Kirby.
00:04 Jürgen Klopp has just finished speaking to the media ahead of their trip to Wolves this weekend.
00:08 Starting off with that all-important team news, Trent Alexander-Arnold will not be available for the trip to Wolves tomorrow.
00:13 He was part of the England squad originally but he pulled out of international duty before it started
00:17 with a hamstring injury that is going to keep him out for at least a few more days
00:21 and he will return to training next week according to Jürgen Klopp.
00:23 In terms of the South American quartet of Lewis Diaz, Alexis McAlister, Alisson Becker and Darwin Nunes,
00:29 they all arrived late last night from their trips and their international duties with the South American clubs.
00:34 The only concern for Jürgen Klopp would be Darwin Nunes who came off at half-time during the 2-1 loss against Ecuador on Tuesday night.
00:40 However, he did confirm that he should be able to play this weekend and it's just a matter of time
00:44 as to whether the quartet can be available for the trip tomorrow.
00:48 In terms of new signing Ryan Gravenberch, he has spent the entirety of international duty at Liverpool training
00:53 and getting used to his new surroundings and building up his match fitness as well.
00:56 Klopp confirmed that we could see him this weekend in a potential debut.
00:59 So confirmed to be out for the game is obviously Virgil van Dijk who is still suspended,
01:03 Alexander-Arnold with a hamstring injury, Thiago is at a setback with his hip injury
01:07 and Conor Bradley who is set to be out for up to 8-10 weeks.
01:10 Those off defence this weekend, Ibrahim Karnati should be available to start having missed the last two games through injury.
01:15 With Alexander-Arnold out, it means we should see Joe Gomez shift across to right back to cover that position
01:20 which means Jean-Matic should start once again the heart of defence with Virgil van Dijk out of action.
01:25 There were a couple of other important topics that Jurgen Klopp covered today during the press conference,
01:29 one being Jordan Henderson and the discussions that followed before his move to Atleti FAC this summer.
01:34 Jurgen Klopp spoke about the discussions they had prior to his move and claimed that he wanted the midfielder to stay
01:39 but ultimately he couldn't offer him the same game time that he was looking for and so the move went through.
01:44 Jurgen Klopp also spoke about the threat of balls and named a couple of key individuals for the game.
01:47 He mentioned Juan Guichan and Pedro Neto as two key attackers who could make the difference.
01:51 He also referenced Mateus Nunes, the Portuguese midfielder who made a late move to Manchester City during the window
01:55 and he was once linked with a move to Liverpool.
01:57 Klopp knows all about the threat that Wolves do possess having lost 3-0 there at Molineux last season.
02:02 That defeat last season was one of the low points of what was a dismal campaign
02:06 but this time they arrived with an unbeaten start, a new look side and the confidence to make that result right this time round.