Mamadou Sakho dodges the bullet over Snapchat issue

Football News – The Frenchman claimed the club had lied about his absence and Jurgen Klopp has told him he will not play unless there is a serious injury crisis

Mamadou Sakho has escaped serious punishment for his late night social media rants about “lies”.

But even though the Liverpool defender is unlikely to be fined for claiming “I can’t accept the lie, the fans deserve to know the true”, over his absence from the team, his Anfield future looks grimmer than ever.

Sakho was back in training on Sunday, a day after his outburst on snapchat, with manager Jurgen Klopp suggesting it “was not positive”, and that he would deal with the situation.

The German coach is reluctant to fine players, but he spoke personally with Sakho, and it is understood he made clear the France international will not play unless there is a serious defensive injury crisis.

With Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip , Ragnar Klavan, Joe Gomez, Lucas and quite possibly Kevin Stewart all ahead of him for a central defensive position, that means he is unlikely to play for Liverpool again.

Klopp made clear in the summer the centre half should move if he wanted first team football, and that position has not changed, even though Sakho spurned the advances of Besiktas, Stoke and West Brom.

The Reds boss also made clear he will not tolerate any more outbursts from the Frenchman, suggesting it was disrespectful to the players who have performed so well to steer the team into the top four.

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