MAMADOU SAKHO has been named in Liverpool’s Under 23 squad for tonight’s Premier League International Cup clash with Wolfsburg.
The controversial Kop defender has already been told he has little chance of featuring in the first team this season, after a series of indiscretions.
A week ago he made a bizarre social media rant when he took to Snapchat to insist he was fit and the Reds were “telling lies” by claiming he was not.
Boss Jurgen Klopp was stunned at his timing, coming at 3am on the morning of the Premier League clash with Hull and spoke to the Frenchman about his
responsibilities.
Sakho had previously been sent home from the club’s pre-season tour of America for three breaches of discipline.
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And he enraged the Kop boss – who wanted him to prove he had an Anfield career with a loan season elsewhere – by turning down a spell with Stoke.
That looked to have sealed his future, but now he has given the centre back a ray of hope by okaying his selection for Michael Beale’s U23s squad.
Sakho has fallen behind Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, Joel Matip and highly-rated rookie Joe Gomez in the first team pecking order.
The French international has not played since April, when he was alleged to have failed a UEFA drugs test, only to be later cleared of any wrongdoing in July.
Now the heat is on Sakho to prove his appearance at Prenton Park has slightly opened the door to a return.
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