{"id":296002,"date":"2023-11-04T08:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T08:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296002"},"modified":"2023-11-04T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T08:25:43","slug":"liverpool-fans-fume-as-third-top-earner-thiagos-injury-return-date-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/liverpool-fans-fume-as-third-top-earner-thiagos-injury-return-date-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans fume as third-top earner Thiago’s injury return date emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Liverpool fans can't believe how long Thiago Alcantara is expected to be out injured for.<\/p>\n

    The Spanish midfielder has been out with a hip injury since April and hasn't featured at all this season. The club were hoping he'd be back in action this month, but a series of frustrating setbacks have delayed his return.<\/p>\n

    Speaking ahead of Liverpool's trip to Luton this weekend, Jurgen Klopp said Thiago, whose contract expires at the end of the season, likely won't be seen in a red shirt again until 2024. "Thiago is an ongoing thing," he told reporters.<\/p>\n

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    "We cannot put any pressure in there as well. But we expect him to be back, I would probably say start of the New Year. It's now already November. That would mean another four weeks, I would say that is probably realistic thing to try."<\/p>\n

    Exasperated Liverpool fans took to social media to vent, with many urging the club to release the injury prone 32-year-old at the end of the campaign. One user wrote: "Thiago simply cannot be given a contract extension. I don\u2019t care what any of his fan boys say. Availability is the most important trait in football and we\u2019re paying the guy \u00a3200k a week for 33% availability if that."<\/p>\n

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    Another said: "I love Thiago, he's one of the best and most talented midfielders in the world but it's time to let him go for free. He hasn't played since, what, April and we're paying him \u00a3200K to be indefinitely injured? It's not worth the risk anymore."<\/p>\n

    A third agreed, adding: "Yep he has to be gone in the summer. Can't be raking in huge wages while contributing next to nothing for the team. Plus he'll be 33 at the end of the season. Time to get rid."<\/p>\n

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